Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3,143 people call this town in Moselle, Grand Est home.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. It is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 7.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 35% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Put together, the subjects come to an A− overall, ranking #7 of 68 in Moselle. Set against the rest, it does better than 83% of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for schools, B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Spicheren does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Spicheren 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Spicheren as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Musée régional, in Sarreguemines, 7.6 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 Spicheren.
The graded crime recorded most in Spicheren was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 25 offenses here in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 17.1% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Spicheren. Adjusted for age and care homes, Spicheren records 101 deaths per 100 expected, near Moselle’s towns (103) and higher than compared French towns (88). 273 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 270: 1% above. In Moselle, women can expect to live 83.6 years and men 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
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.
For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away. The town’s schools place #22 of 78 in Moselle on results. At the lycées within 5 km of Spicheren, 91.7% passed the bac, close to both Moselle’s towns (90.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Nicolas UnterstellerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 107 | 84%+8 pts |
| Lycée des métiers des sciences et des technologies de l'information et de la communication CondorcetNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 134 | 92%±0 pts |
| Collège Robert SchumanBest against expectations: 13 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 52 | 87%+13 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. 32% of adults hold a degree, about level with compared French towns (30%) and above Moselle’s towns (24%). Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Spicheren | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 6.7%, below Moselle’s towns (12.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 6.0% of commuters got to work without a car. Also worth knowing: 400 jobs are based in Spicheren, for 1,500 working residents (0.3 per worker).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Spicheren. Best known first.
Nothing in Spicheren 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 Spicheren 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spicheren | 3,143 | — | A− | B+ | A+ | C− |
| Stiring-Wendel | 10,956 | 1.5 | B− | B | B+ | D− |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 2 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Œting | 2,599 | 2.8 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Forbach | 20,493 | 3.1 | C | B+ | C | D− |
| Grosbliederstroff | 3,346 | 3.8 | — | A− | — | C |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 4.5 | — | B+ | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #4 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 58% of compared French towns and #22 of 78 in Moselle. 92% of 134 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers des sciences et des technologies de l'information et de la communication Condorcet in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Spicheren is a commune of 3,143 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Forbach Porte de France. 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.