🇩🇪 Merzig: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Merzig asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Merzig trades time for money — the rent is among the gentlest in the area, the commute among the longest.
With 30,562 inhabitants, Merzig scores 3.7 out of 10 overall, which puts it in the lower part of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 13.6 €/m² is lower than in 96% of them, and its 60-minute peak commute shorter than in 12%.
Its strengths: cost of living (7.8) and culture & going out (6.3). Its weak point: Luxembourg commute, at 2.9 — 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: 2,250 of its residents work in Luxembourg, 7.4 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
96 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
12 %
closer than of the profiled cities
Cities in a comparable position
Similar rent and similar commute — the direct alternatives worth weighing.
Photo: Christian Ries · CC BY-SA 3.0🇫🇷 Sierck-les-Bains
Moselle (France) · 1,765 inh.
A medieval village beneath its fortress, on the Moselle bend facing Schengen. Luxembourg is reached via the A13, avoiding the A31.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 950 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 59 minby car (peak)
Photo: Original uploader was Aimelaime at fr.wikipedia · Public domain🇫🇷 Fameck
Moselle (France) · 14,788 inh.
A large working-class Fensch commune, among the lowest rents on the A31 axis — at the price of the full commute.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 930 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 59 minby car (peak)
Photo: Aimelaime at French Wikipedia · Public domain🇫🇷 Cattenom
Moselle (France) · 2,580 inh.
A Moselle village known for its power plant, twenty-five minutes from Luxembourg via the N153. French countryside at the softest border-zone price.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 990 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 57 minby car (peak)
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