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1,722 people live in this town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 35% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools, B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Seingbouse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Seingbouse with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Seingbouse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Seingbouse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Catherine, in Hombourg-Haut, 2.5 mi away.
4.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Seingbouse.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Adjusted for age and care homes, Seingbouse records 96 deaths per 100 expected, below Moselle’s towns (103) but above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 164 residents of Seingbouse died, against 171 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
People 65 and over make up 27% of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.9%, lower than both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Half the people of Seingbouse are older than 51.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Seingbouse | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €9.68/m² a month. France’s property-sale records don’t cover Alsace and Moselle, which keep their own land register, so the Cost Grade here uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 89% passed the bac pro, of 124 candidates at 2 lycées. The nearest general lycée is 5.5 mi away. A collège lies 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le HerapelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 81 | 81%−7 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Pierre et Marie CurieNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 103 | 91%+11 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Ernest CuveletteBest against expectations: 14 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 21 | 81%+14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Per resident in work, Seingbouse counts 0.9 jobs (650 jobs, 750 workers). After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,920 a year per consumption unit. Nearly a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Seingbouse. Best known first.
Nothing in Seingbouse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Seingbouse.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seingbouse | 1,722 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 2 | C− | B | B+ | D |
| Cocheren | 3,358 | 2.6 | B− | B | A | C− |
| Freyming-Merlebach | 13,266 | 2.8 | C | B− | C+ | C− |
| Hombourg-Haut | 5,976 | 2.9 | C | C+ | A− | D− |
| Macheren | 2,814 | 4.1 | — | A− | — | C |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 4.3 | — | B+ | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Seingbouse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Seingbouse is a commune of 1,722 people in the Communauté de communes de Freyming-Merlebach. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.