Where it does best 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. Health is a weak point (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below 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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Vic-sur-Seille 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 Vic-sur-Seille 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.
Château (restes): Photo: Aimelaime~commonswiki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Marien: Photo: Aimelaime~commonswiki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Monnaie épiscopale (ancienne): Photo: GFreihalter · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vic-sur-Seille.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Vic-sur-Seille than in Moselle’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.25/m² a month
€9.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.52/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.
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Vic-sur-Seille€9.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.24 to €11.83/m² a month)
€8.52/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,270
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Saulnois
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
On foot, Vic-sur-Seille works better than 89% of compared French towns
18%walk, cycle or take transit
Nearly a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Moselle’s towns (12.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 7.0% are unemployed. Jobs located in Vic-sur-Seille: 450, for 500 residents in work (0.9 each).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot15%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
450
jobs based in Vic-sur-Seille, 0.9 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Vic-sur-Seille: 26% are 65 or over, above Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
46.7median age
Degrees are held by nearly a quarter of adults, close to Moselle’s towns (24%) and below compared French towns (30%). Half of Vic-sur-Seille is older than 46.7, half younger. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 11% of residents.
Vic-sur-SeilleMoselle medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C+
Vic-sur-Seille records 92 deaths for every 100 its ages predict, against 103 in Moselle’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Vic-sur-Seille has 3 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Vic-sur-Seille is Centre hospitalier de Luneville, 13.5 mi away. 268 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 179: 50% above. Life expectancy at birth in Moselle is 83.6 years for women and 79.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw150
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Vic-sur-Seille · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Luneville
13.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Luneville
83.6 · 79.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Moselle, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Vic-sur-Seille: 25% were built before 1919, more than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns
6historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 2022, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Vic-sur-Seille has 46 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Moselle’s towns (0.7) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments here is Monnaie épiscopale (ancienne). It has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 4 inscrit, the second level.
Vic-sur-Seille is a commune of 1,317 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
1,317 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Saulnois
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
7.6 sq mi (19.6 km²)
INSEE code
57712
Vic-sur-Seille’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vic-sur-Seille
Is Vic-sur-Seille safe?
Vic-sur-Seille has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.
