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Some 3,041 people live in this town, in Moselle, Grand Est.
Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Its strongest is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. With an A− overall, Valmont is better than 81% of compared French towns and ranks #10 of 68 in Moselle. Crime is low (A−): an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Valmont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Valmont 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Valmont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle des Comtes de Créhange, in Saint-Avold, 1.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valmont.
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
47 offenses were reported in Valmont during 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 12.5% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
301 deaths in Valmont between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 294: 2% above. Adjusted for age and care homes, Valmont records 102 deaths per 100 expected, close to Moselle’s towns (103) and above compared French towns (88). 6 GPs practise in the town. Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
For its 1,200 residents in work, Valmont has 700 jobs: 0.6 each. Half of residents lived on more than €25,510 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Moselle’s towns (€24,105). Public transport took 10.7% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #5 of 78 in Moselle. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away. At the two general lycées, 97% of 584 candidates passed the bac, 1.2 points above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alexandre DreuxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 63 | 89%+8 pts |
| Lycée des métiers du tertiaire Jean-Victor PonceletNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 338 | 98%+2 pts |
| Lycée des métiers et des technologies innovantes Charles JullyBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 97 | 86%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Under 15: 16% of residents. At 46.6, the median resident of Valmont sits in the middle of the age range. Degrees are held by 29% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Valmont | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and family days out in and near Valmont. Best known first.
Nothing in Valmont 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 Valmont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valmont | 3,041 | — | A− | A | A− | C− |
| Folschviller | 3,916 | 1.2 | A | A | A | C |
| Saint-Avold | 14,755 | 1.8 | B− | B+ | C− | C |
| Macheren | 2,814 | 2 | — | A− | — | C |
| Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold | 3,572 | 3.5 | A+ | A− | A+ | D |
| Hombourg-Haut | 5,976 | 4.5 | C | C+ | A− | D− |
| L'Hôpital | 5,183 | 5.3 | B− | A | B+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A− for safety, #18 of 68 in Moselle. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 21 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns and #5 of 78 in Moselle. The lycée stands out: 98% of 338 candidates passed the bac at Lycée des métiers du tertiaire Jean-Victor Poncelet in 2025, 2 points above 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
Valmont is a commune of 3,041 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Avold Synergie. 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.