🇧🇪 Arlon: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Arlon asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Arlon trades time for money — the rent is among the gentlest in the area, the commute among the longest.
With 31,165 inhabitants, Arlon scores 4.6 out of 10 overall, which puts it mid-table of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 15.0 €/m² is lower than in 85% of them, and its 46-minute peak commute shorter than in 40%.
Its strengths: culture & going out (7.4) and cost of living (7.3). Its weak point: safety, at 3.3 — and since the overall score applies a worst-axis penalty, that weakness weighs more than a plain average would suggest.
The commune is a genuine feeder of cross-border workers: 8,670 of its residents work in Luxembourg, 27.8 per 100 inhabitants. At that level the local economy, the daily rhythm and even the housing market are set by the Grand Duchy.
What carries it
What holds it back
Where it sits in the area
85 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
40 %
closer than of the profiled cities
Cities in a comparable position
Similar rent and similar commute — the direct alternatives worth weighing.
Photo: Hombre del rio · CC BY-SA 3.0🇧🇪 Messancy
Luxembourg Province (Belgium) · 8,577 inh.
Between Arlon and Aubange, a residential commune growing with cross-border workers. Houses with gardens at Belgian prices, Kirchberg 35 minutes away.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,000 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 47 minby car (peak)
Photo: Meffo · CC BY-SA 3.0🇩🇪 Perl
Saarland · 10,012 inh.
Facing Schengen, the Saarland's only wine commune. You cross the Moselle to Luxembourg on foot — the A8 does the rest.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,050 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 43 minby car (peak)
Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0🇫🇷 Mont-Saint-Martin
Meurthe-et-Moselle (France) · 9,361 inh.
At the three-borders meeting point, adjoining Longwy and Rodange. Among the lowest rents of the entire border zone.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 970 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 48 minby car (peak)45 minby train
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