Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 8,120 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Talange grades low on several counts. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income (D): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 13.8% unemployment. At D overall, Talange ranks #57 of 68 in Moselle. Set against the rest, it does better than nearly a tenth of compared French towns. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Fewer journeys need a car: 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Talange does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Talange 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 Talange as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Edifice dit Belle-Croix d'Ennery, in Ennery, 2 mi away.
1.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, family days out and museums in and near Talange. Best known first.
ZooParc zoologique d'Amnéville2.4 km northwest, in Hagondange
Theme parkWalygator Grand-Est1.2 km southwest, in Maizières-lès-Metz
AttractionThe Monster1 km southwest, in HagondangeAttractionAttractionAnaconda1.1 km southwest, in HagondangeAttractionAttractionTerror House1.3 km southwest, in Maizières-lès-MetzAttractionAttractionComet1.2 km southwest, in HagondangePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Talange.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,740 a year per consumption unit, near Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Of those in the labour force, 13.8% are unemployed. At the census, 3.1% of working residents in Talange didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Talange records 102 deaths per 100 expected, near Moselle’s towns (103) and higher than compared French towns (88). 726 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 652: 11% above. The nearest emergency department to Talange is Hopital clinique Claude Bernard, 8.5 mi away. 12 GPs practise here.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.4 mi off. School results put the town #61 of 78 in Moselle.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Le BreuilNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 85%−3 pts |
| Lycée des métiers Gustave EiffelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 25 | 88% |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
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
Among the graded crimes in Talange, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). In all, 207 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025. Graded property crimes ran at 15.5 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 8.6 (2023–2025 average).
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 vehicle theft, 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, 0.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below Moselle’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Those 65 and older account for a fifth of residents. Typical age in Talange: 42, the median.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Talange | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Talange is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Talange.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talange | 8,120 | — | D | C | C+ | C− |
| Hagondange | 9,278 | 1 | C− | C | B− | D |
| Maizières-lès-Metz | 11,580 | 1.6 | D | C− | B− | C− |
| Mondelange | 5,699 | 1.9 | D | C− | B− | D |
| Amnéville | 10,875 | 2.1 | D | D | C+ | D |
| Marange-Silvange | 6,539 | 2.5 | C+ | C− | A | D |
| Gandrange | 3,031 | 3.2 | C+ | C | A | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #51 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 91 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns and #61 of 78 in Moselle. 88% of 25 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers Gustave Eiffel in 2025 given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Talange is a commune of 8,120 people in the Communauté de communes Rives de Moselle. 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.