🇫🇷 Thionville: the verdict, plainly
What the tables imply but never say — what Thionville asks you to accept, and what it gives back.
Thionville trades time for money — the rent is among the gentlest in the area, the commute among the longest.
With 42,658 inhabitants, Thionville scores 3.2 out of 10 overall, which puts it in the lower part of the 127 profiled cities. Its rent of 16.2 €/m² is lower than in 82% of them, and its 53-minute peak commute shorter than in 26%.
Its strengths: cost of living (7.6) and transport (7.3). Its weak point: safety, at 1.9 — 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: 10,110 of its residents work in Luxembourg, 23.7 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
82 %
cheaper than of the profiled cities
26 %
closer than of the profiled cities
Cities in a comparable position
Similar rent and similar commute — the direct alternatives worth weighing.
Photo: Wolkenkratzer · CC BY-SA 4.0🇩🇪 Trèves (Trier)
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- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,150 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 52 minby car (peak)50 minby train
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A rural valley hugging the border between Arlon and Redange. Houses with land at Belgian prices, Kirchberg forty minutes away.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,000 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 53 minby car (peak)
Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0🇩🇪 Konz
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At the Saar-Moselle confluence, on the Trier–Luxembourg line. The German compromise: soft rents, a station, and vineyards all around.
- Average rent, 70 m²
- 1,050 € / month
- Commute to Luxembourg City
- 51 minby car (peak)40 minby train
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