🇫🇷 Mont-Saint-Martin: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Mont-Saint-Martin asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Mont-Saint-Martin trades time for money — the rent is among the gentlest in the area, the commute among the longest.
With 9,361 inhabitants, Mont-Saint-Martin scores 2.4 out of 10 overall, which puts it in the lower part of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 13.8 €/m² is lower than in 92% of them, and its 48-minute peak commute shorter than in 35%.
Its strengths: cost of living (8.1) and transport (5.1). 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: 1,950 of its residents work in Luxembourg, 20.8 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
92 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
35 %
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🇧🇪 Aubange
Luxembourg Province (Belgium) · 17,567 inh.
The Belgian three-borders commune (Athus), fifteen minutes from Pétange and Rodange. Belgian rents, Luxembourg salaries: the classic equation.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,000 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 49 minby car (peak)40 minby train
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: Aimelaime at French Wikipedia · Public domain🇫🇷 Villerupt
Meurthe-et-Moselle (France) · 10,102 inh.
A working-class town of Italian heritage, famous for its Italian film festival. Fifteen minutes from Belval and Esch by road.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 990 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 51 minby car (peak)
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