🇱🇺 Schengen: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Schengen asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Schengen is chosen neither for the rent nor for the commute — the rest has to carry it.
With 5,265 inhabitants, Schengen scores 5.8 out of 10 overall, which puts it mid-table of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 25.5 €/m² is lower than in 30% of them, and its 37-minute peak commute shorter than in 58%.
Its strengths: quality of life (8.0) and culture & going out (7.4). Its weak point: transport, at 4.1 — 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
30 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
58 %
closer than of the profiled cities
Cities in a comparable position
Similar rent and similar commute — the direct alternatives worth weighing.
Photo: Pecalux at Luxembourgish Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0🇱🇺 Pétange
Esch-sur-Alzette Canton · 21,397 inh.
At the gates of France and Belgium, one of the country's most affordable markets, well served by rail (line 70).
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,810 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 38 minby car (peak)30 minby train
Photo: Viatoris · CC BY-SA 3.0🇱🇺 Remich
Remich Canton · 4,177 inh.
The pearl of the Moselle: waterfront esplanade, vineyards, restaurants. A permanent-holiday setting, without a train station.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,790 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 35 minby car (peak)
Photo: Cayambe · CC BY-SA 1.0🇱🇺 Bissen
Mersch Canton · 3,586 inh.
An Attert-valley farming town picked by Google for its data centre: centre-west countryside, twenty minutes from the capital via the A7.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,740 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 35 minby car (peak)
This text is assembled automatically from the calibrated scores and the public data on this page. It is no substitute for a visit.