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Home to 1,043 people, this town lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−). Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well — 0.1 jobs per working resident; 11.0% unemployment. Prices are high against local incomes (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Tenteling 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 Tenteling 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.
Tenteling has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Tenteling as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Heckenransbach, in Ernestviller, 5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tenteling.
At the census, 1.7% of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €28,020 a year per consumption unit, above Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Unemployment stands at 11.0%.
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Tenteling’s deaths ran at 106 per 100 expected, close to Moselle’s towns (103) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 77 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 81, 6% more. At birth, a girl in Moselle can expect 83.6 years and a boy 79.1 (2025); across France, 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
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
27% of adults hold a degree, above Moselle’s towns (24%) but below compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 21% of the town. Tenteling has a median age of 50.3 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Tenteling | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 35% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges HolderithNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 127 | 80%−1 pt |
| 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
Nothing in Tenteling 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 Tenteling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenteling | 1,043 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 2.6 | C− | B | B+ | D |
| Behren-lès-Forbach | 6,166 | 3.3 | B | A− | B− | D |
| Œting | 2,599 | 3.4 | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Morsbach | 2,635 | 4.1 | — | B+ | — | D |
| Cocheren | 3,358 | 4.3 | B− | B | A | C− |
| Woustviller | 2,786 | 4.6 | — | A− | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Tenteling has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Tenteling is a commune of 1,043 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.