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WittringMoselle

A town of 736 in Moselle, Grand Est.

Is Wittring a good place to live?

Wittring is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Wittring’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Wittring’s story

No historic monuments in Wittring

The Culture ministry lists no building in Wittring as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Martin (ancienne), in Kalhausen, 1.1 mi away.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wittring.

Who lives here

Children make up only 15% of Wittring, fewer than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9% of residents, lower than both Moselle’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 19% of adults hold a degree. The median resident of Wittring is 48.4 years old.

48.4median age
WittringMoselle medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Wittring
WittringMoselle medianFrance median
Under 1515%17%17%
15–249%11%11%
25–4420%24%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+22%22%22%
No diploma21%23%19%
CAP or BEP36%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%17%18%
Higher education19%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Wittring walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Moselle’s towns or compared French towns: 3.7%

Half of residents lived on more than €26,620 a year per consumption unit, above Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 50 jobs are based in Wittring, for 300 working residents (0.1 per worker). No commute at all: 2.1% of working residents locally at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Wittring, 0.1 per working resident
11.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,620
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Wittring costs less than in both Moselle’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.53/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

€9.53/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Wittring€9.53/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Moselle median€12.17/m²
€9.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.31 to €12.44/m² a month)
€7.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Ouvrage du Haut-Poirier and 3 more in and around Wittring

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Wittring. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Wittring

11pages on Wittring

Landmarks

Nothing in Wittring is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Wittring

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Wittring as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Wittring’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Moselle →
HambachSarregueminesWoustvillerSarralbeSarre-UnionGrosbliederstroffHambachSarregueminesWoustvillerSarralbeSarre-UnionGrosbliederstroffWittring
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Wittring736—————
Hambach2,7664.8—A−—C−
Sarreguemines20,1435.2C+B+CD
Woustviller2,7866.6—A−—D
Sarralbe4,3646.8B−A−B+D
Sarre-Union Bas-Rhin2,7318.3B+A+C−D
Grosbliederstroff3,3468.9—A−—C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Wittring

Commune in Moselle, Grand Est

Wittring is a commune of 736 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

Population
736 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Sarreguemines Confluences
Département
Moselle (57)
Région
Grand Est
Area
3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²)
INSEE code
57748

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.