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Population 1,517: a town in Moselle, Grand Est.
Housing is within reach: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 83% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Willerwald 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 one thing Willerwald does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Willerwald 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.
Willerwald 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 Willerwald as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Heckenransbach, in Ernestviller, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Willerwald.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Moselle can expect 83.6 years and a boy 79.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 117 deaths in Willerwald from 2016 to 2025; there were 133, 14% more. The nearest emergency department to Willerwald is Hopital Robert Pax de Sarreguemines, 5.7 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
At the census, 3.8% of commuters got to work without a car. Per resident in work, Willerwald counts 0.1 jobs (100 jobs, 700 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €27,370 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €7.28/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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than both Moselle’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Willerwald in two is 42.5. 29% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Willerwald | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.1% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Willerwald 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 Willerwald 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willerwald | 1,517 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Sarralbe | 4,364 | 2.4 | B− | A− | B+ | D |
| Hambach | 2,766 | 2.6 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Woustviller | 2,786 | 3.7 | — | A− | — | D |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs | 3,016 | 5.5 | — | A− | — | D |
| Sarreguemines | 20,143 | 6.1 | C+ | B+ | C | D |
| Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin | 2,731 | 6.6 | B+ | A+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Willerwald 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 4.8 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
Willerwald is a commune of 1,517 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Sarreguemines Confluences. 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.