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This town in Moselle, Grand Est has a population of 2,786.
Woustviller’s strongest is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results a point below the expected rate. Walkability is weaker too — three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Woustviller has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Woustviller does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Woustviller 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.
Woustviller has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Woustviller as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Heckenransbach, in Ernestviller, 1.5 mi away.
2.1% 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 Woustviller.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 2 general practitioners in Woustviller. Women in Moselle live to 83.6 on average and men to 79.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 218 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 203: 7% above.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
750 jobs are based in Woustviller, for 1,100 working residents (0.6 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €26,650 a year per consumption unit, higher than Moselle’s towns (€24,105) and near compared French towns (€25,970). 2.0% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #59 of 78 in Moselle. The nearest collège is 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean JaurèsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 68 | 82%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above both Moselle’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 14% of the town. At 50, the median resident of Woustviller sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Woustviller | Moselle median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Moselle median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people ran at 2.4 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 6.2 (2023–2025 average). For 2025, the figures show 27 offenses in Woustviller. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Woustviller (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 37.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Woustviller is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Woustviller as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woustviller | 2,786 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Hambach | 2,766 | 1.8 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs | 3,016 | 3.8 | — | A− | — | D |
| Sarreguemines | 20,143 | 4.1 | C+ | B+ | C | D |
| Sarralbe | 4,364 | 5.6 | B− | A− | B+ | D |
| Grosbliederstroff | 3,346 | 5.7 | — | A− | — | C |
| Farébersviller | 5,224 | 6.4 | C− | B | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Woustviller has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 25% of compared French towns and #59 of 78 in Moselle. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Moselle, Grand Est
Woustviller is a commune of 2,786 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 November 4, 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.