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The town has 1,133 residents and lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Solgne 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.
The one thing Solgne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Solgne 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.
Solgne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Solgne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Aube, 4.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Solgne.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €10.95/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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
63 deaths in Solgne between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 56: 13% above. The nearest emergency department to Solgne is Chr Metz Thionville Hopital de Mercy, 8.5 mi away. Average lifespans in Moselle: 83.6 years for women, 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 2 GPs practise in the town.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to C+.
30% of adults hold a degree, above Moselle’s towns (24%) and close to compared French towns (30%). Ages in Solgne split evenly at 40.1: half are older, half younger. People aged 15 to 24 make up 11% of the town.
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Solgne | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 6.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €28,460 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Solgne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Solgne as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solgne | 1,133 | — | — | A+ | — | D |
| Marly | 10,286 | 9.4 | B− | C− | C+ | B− |
| Montigny-lès-Metz | 21,718 | 11 | C− | C− | B | C |
| Metz | 122,572 | 11 | D | C− | D | C |
| Courcelles-Chaussy | 3,006 | 11 | A | A− | A− | C− |
| Pont-à-Mousson Meurthe-et-Moselle | 14,190 | 12 | B− | B+ | C | C− |
| Moulins-lès-Metz | 5,265 | 12 | C | C− | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Solgne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 11.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Solgne is a commune of 1,133 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud Messin. 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.