Work and incomes are strong: 1 job per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 7 points below the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B for cost of living, B− for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Troisfontaines 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 Troisfontaines 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Troisfontaines.
Schools
Exam results around Troisfontaines trail 93% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Troisfontaines, 81.0% passed the brevet, lower than both Moselle’s towns (84.3%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The closest collège is 1.7 mi off.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Troisfontaines, 7.1%, runs below Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs located in Troisfontaines: 550, for 600 residents in work (1 each). Half of residents lived on more than €25,550 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Moselle’s towns (€24,105). At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Troisfontaines went to work by public transport.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Bicycle5%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
550
jobs based in Troisfontaines, 1 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 64% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Troisfontaines than in Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.52/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.93/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.
€10.52/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Troisfontaines€10.52/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€10.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.14 to €13.61/m² a month)
€8.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,400
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sarrebourg Moselle Sud
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Troisfontaines has fewer young adults than Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 8.2% are 15 to 24
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. At 46.9, the median resident of Troisfontaines sits in the middle of the age range. 24% of residents are 65 or over.
46.9median age
TroisfontainesMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Troisfontaines records 89 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 103 in Moselle’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 101 residents of Troisfontaines died, against 114 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% fewer. 3 GPs practise in the town.
−11%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw89
Adjusted89
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Troisfontaines · 3.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
5.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sarrebourg Hopital St Nicolas
5.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Sarrebourg Hopital St Nicolas
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Troisfontaines
Is Troisfontaines safe?
Troisfontaines has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Troisfontaines good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Troisfontaines
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Troisfontaines is a commune of 1,267 people in the Communauté de communes Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. 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
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.