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This town in Moselle, Grand Est has a population of 1,013.
Cost of living is its strong suit: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.9% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Soucht 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 Soucht does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Soucht 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.
Soucht 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 Soucht as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Trois pierres druidiques dites Dreipeterstein situées dans la forêt domaniale, in Rosteig, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Soucht. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Soucht.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €7.28/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.
After the care-home adjustment, Soucht’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, near Moselle’s towns (103) and higher than compared French towns (88). 118 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 115: 2% above. The nearest emergency department to Soucht is Hopital St Joseph Bitche Ch Robert Pax, 7.3 mi away. Life expectancy in Moselle: 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Those 65 and older account for 26% of residents. 8.1% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Soucht | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €26,150 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Moselle’s towns (€24,105). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 5.5% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Soucht is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Soucht yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soucht | 1,013 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Bitche | 4,966 | 7.8 | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Ingwiller Bas-Rhin | 3,995 | 8.9 | B | C+ | B+ | C |
| Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin | 2,731 | 11 | B+ | A+ | C− | D |
| Bouxwiller Bas-Rhin | 3,754 | 11 | A | B | B+ | C |
| Phalsbourg | 4,688 | 14 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains Bas-Rhin | 4,347 | 14 | B | B | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Soucht has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 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
Soucht is a commune of 1,013 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche. 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.