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TorchevilleMoselle

119 people call this town in Moselle, Grand Est home.

Is Torcheville a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Torcheville is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Torcheville’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Torcheville’s story

No historic monuments in Torcheville

The Culture ministry lists no building in Torcheville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Munster, 2.5 mi away.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Torcheville.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Torcheville than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15

17% of residents are 65 or over. The 15-to-24 age group: 7.6%, below both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Also worth knowing: among adults, 19% have a degree.

54median age
TorchevilleMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma26%
CAP or BEP40%
Baccalauréat11%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 82 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Torcheville
TorchevilleMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1513%17%17%
15–247.6%11%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6441%27%26%
65+17%22%22%
No diploma26%23%19%
CAP or BEP40%30%26%
Baccalauréat11%17%18%
Higher education19%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

More people in Torcheville are out of work than in Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: 15.4%

The median disposable income was €26,100 a year per consumption unit, higher than Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot5%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Torcheville, 0.3 per working resident
15.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,100
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

90.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.6 mi away.

90.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Torcheville90.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège de l'AlbeNearest collègeCollègeCollège6990%−2 pts
90.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
2.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Torcheville than in Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.99/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

€8.99/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Torcheville€8.99/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€8.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.12 to €11.33/m² a month)
€8.68/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Torcheville

11pages on Torcheville

Landmarks

Nothing in Torcheville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Torcheville

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Torcheville yet.

How we find them →

Torcheville’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Moselle →
DieuzeMorhangeSarralbePuttelange-aux-LacsSarre-UnionWoustvillerDieuzeMorhangeSarralbePuttelange-aux-LacsSarre-UnionWoustvillerTorcheville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Torcheville119—————
Dieuze2,7709C+A−DC+
Morhange3,3089.5DB−C−C
Sarralbe4,3649.8B−A−B+D
Puttelange-aux-Lacs3,01611—A−—D
Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin2,73111B+A+C−D
Woustviller2,78613—A−—D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Torcheville

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Torcheville is a commune of 119 people in the Communauté de communes du Saulnois. 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

Population
119 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Saulnois
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.2 km²)
INSEE code
57675

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.