Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Over-65s are 34% of the population. The town has 1,459 residents and lies in Moselle, Grand Est.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (B): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability (C+): 53% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for 11% of homes.
Figures: 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Walscheid 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.
The 2 things Walscheid does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Walscheid 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.
Walscheid has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Walscheid as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Verrerie de Lettenbach (ancienne), in Saint-Quirin, 2.9 mi away.
21% 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 Walscheid.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 226 deaths in Walscheid from 2016 to 2025; there were 352, 56% more. In Moselle, women can expect to live 83.6 years and men 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Walscheid is Centre hospitalier de Sarrebourg Hopital St Nicolas, 7.1 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Just over one in ten residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 6.9%, below both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up 22% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Walscheid | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 34% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs based in Walscheid number 200, against 550 residents in work (0.4 per worker). The median disposable income was €26,270 a year per consumption unit, higher than Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and near compared French towns (€25,970). 3.2% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Walscheid. Best known first.
Nothing in Walscheid is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Walscheid.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walscheid | 1,459 | — | — | B | — | D− |
| Sarrebourg | 12,170 | 7.3 | B− | B | C+ | D |
| Phalsbourg | 4,688 | 9.2 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Marmoutier Bas-Rhin | 2,699 | 11 | A | B+ | A | D |
| Saverne Bas-Rhin | 11,460 | 12 | C+ | B− | D | D |
| La Broque Bas-Rhin | 2,625 | 13 | D | C− | B | D− |
| Wasselonne Bas-Rhin | 5,780 | 14 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Walscheid has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Walscheid is a commune of 1,459 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
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.