Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,522 in Moselle, Grand Est.
Vigy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (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. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 4.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vigy 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vigy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Restes de l'abbaye de Villers-Bettnach, in Saint-Hubert, 3.5 mi away.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vigy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Vigy’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, close to Moselle’s towns (103) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 139 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 172, 24% more. The nearest emergency department to Vigy is Hopital clinique Claude Bernard, 7.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Vigy can choose among 3 GPs.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 7.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles PéguyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 88%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 7.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. The median disposable income was €30,570 a year per consumption unit, above Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are 65 or over. One measure of family life: 18% of residents are under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 10%, below Moselle’s towns (11%) and close to compared French towns (11%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Vigy | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
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
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Vigy. Best known first.
Nothing in Vigy 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 Vigy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vigy | 1,522 | — | — | B− | — | C− |
| Talange | 8,120 | 6.2 | D | C | C+ | C− |
| Maizières-lès-Metz | 11,580 | 6.4 | D | C− | B− | C− |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz | 3,554 | 6.5 | C− | D− | C− | C |
| Bousse | 3,236 | 6.7 | B+ | C | A+ | B+ |
| Hagondange | 9,278 | 6.8 | C− | C | B− | D |
| Mondelange | 5,699 | 7.2 | D | C− | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vigy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 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.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Vigy is a commune of 1,522 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Chemin-Pays de Pange. 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.