🇱🇺 Pétange: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Pétange asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Pétange is chosen neither for the rent nor for the commute — the rest has to carry it.
With 21,397 inhabitants, Pétange scores 3.7 out of 10 overall, which puts it in the lower part of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 25.8 €/m² is lower than in 25% of them, and its 38-minute peak commute shorter than in 56%.
Its strengths: transport (6.8) and culture & going out (6.5). Its weak point: nature, at 2.7 — and since the overall score applies a worst-axis penalty, that weakness weighs more than a plain average would suggest.
On the Luxembourg side the daily trip costs nothing: public transport is free across the whole country, and the only price of the journey is time.
What carries it
What holds it back
Where it sits in the area
25 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
56 %
closer than of the profiled cities
Cities in a comparable position
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Photo: Cayambe · CC BY-SA 3.0🇱🇺 Schengen
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- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 37 minby car (peak)
Photo: Viatoris · CC BY-SA 3.0🇱🇺 Remich
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- Average rent, 70 m²
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- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 35 minby car (peak)
Photo: Aly Jentges · CC BY-SA 3.0🇱🇺 Käerjeng
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- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,830 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 35 minby car (peak)25 minby train
This text is assembled automatically from the calibrated scores and the public data on this page. It is no substitute for a visit.