🇫🇷 Cattenom: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Cattenom asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Cattenom trades time for money — the rent is among the gentlest in the area, the commute among the longest.
With 2,580 inhabitants, Cattenom scores 3.0 out of 10 overall, which puts it in the lower part of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 14.2 €/m² is lower than in 90% of them, and its 57-minute peak commute shorter than in 17%.
Its strengths: cost of living (7.6) and Luxembourg commute (5.2). Its weak point: quality of life, at 2.6 — 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: 740 of its residents work in Luxembourg, 28.7 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
90 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
17 %
closer than of the profiled cities
Cities in a comparable position
Similar rent and similar commute — the direct alternatives worth weighing.
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A picturesque small town with a waterfall running through its centre, in the heart of the Saar wine region. German charm forty minutes from Luxembourg.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,000 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 57 minby car (peak)55 minby train
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Thionville's residential neighbour, popular with cross-border families for its newer housing estates — same traffic jams, Thionville station five minutes away.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,060 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 56 minby car (peak)
Photo: Initsogan · CC BY-SA 3.0🇫🇷 Longwy
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A Vauban fortress town (Unesco) turned cross-border rear base of the Pays-Haut. Very accessible housing; the commute runs through Rodange or the A30.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 990 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 54 minby car (peak)42 minby train
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