🇫🇷 Metz: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Metz asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Metz trades time for money — the rent is among the gentlest in the area, the commute among the longest.
With 122,572 inhabitants, Metz scores 3.6 out of 10 overall, which puts it in the lower part of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 13.4 €/m² is lower than in 98% of them, and its 74-minute peak commute shorter than in 3%.
Its strengths: culture & going out (8.8) and cost of living (7.8). Its weak point: safety, at 1.8 — 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: 6,330 of its residents work in Luxembourg, 5.2 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
98 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
3 %
closer than of the profiled cities
Cities in a comparable position
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- Average rent, 70 m²
- 950 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 78 minby car (peak)
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- Average rent, 70 m²
- 950 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 68 minby car (peak)65 minby train
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A Pays-Haut rail junction with unbeatable rents. Luxembourg is earned via Longwy — measure the real commute before signing.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 770 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 71 minby car (peak)55 minby train
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