Sierck-les-Bains’s best grade is for walkability — 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are its weak spot — brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Sierck-les-Bains 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 Sierck-les-Bains 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.
Cense du Koenigsberg (ancienne): Photo: GilPe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ruines du château des ducs de Lorraine et des fortifications: Photo: Christian Ries · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sierck-les-Bains.
Schools
Exam results around Sierck-les-Bains trail 78% of compared French towns
87.0%passed the brevetC−School Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 10.1 mi off. Near Sierck-les-Bains, 87.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, above Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Sierck-les-Bains run higher than in 78% of compared French towns
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Sierck-les-Bains can choose among 4 GPs. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Sierck-les-Bains records 99 deaths per 100 expected. 110 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 111: 1% below. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Sierck-les-Bains is Chr Metz Thionville Hopital Bel Air Thionville, 10.4 mi away.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw99
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Sierck-les-Bains · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chr Metz Thionville Hopital Bel Air Thionville
10.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Chr Metz Thionville Hopital Bel Air Thionville
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Sierck-les-Bains is a graduates’ town: 39% hold a degree, more than in Moselle’s towns and across compared French towns
40.2median age
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.2% of the population. People 65 and over make up 16% of the town, lower than both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Sierck-les-Bains has a median age of 40.2 years.
Sierck-les-BainsMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Incomes in Sierck-les-Bains run higher than in Moselle’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €32,070 a year per consumption unit
10%walk, cycle or take transit
8.8% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 9.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. For its 900 residents in work, Sierck-les-Bains has 350 jobs: 0.4 each.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport5%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Sierck-les-Bains, 0.4 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,070
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 76% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living C
Renting in Sierck-les-Bains costs more than in Moselle’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €13.57/m² a month
€13.57/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €12.49/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.
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Sierck-les-Bains€13.57/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€13.57/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.51 to €17.52/m² a month)
€12.49/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,110
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Sierck-les-Bains keeps more of its old housing than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 10th century. Among the classé monuments in Sierck-les-Bains is Ruines du château des ducs de Lorraine et des fortifications. The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Sierck-les-Bains has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
6.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
The commonest graded crime in Sierck-les-Bains was criminal damage (2025). In 2025, 15 offenses were recorded locally. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.2 violent offenses and 9.6 graded property crimes a year.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage8
Family violence7
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence5
Fraud5
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
6.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
30.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 30.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Sierck-les-Bains is a commune of 1,765 people in the Communauté de communes Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières. 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
Population
1,765 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
1.8 sq mi (4.8 km²)
INSEE code
57650
Sierck-les-Bains’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
