🇱🇺 🇫🇷 Living in Luxembourg or in France?

What the choice of country of residence changes when you work in the Grand Duchy: rents, commutes, quality of life and paperwork, compared across the 114 profiled communes on either side.

	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	🇫🇷 France
profiled communes	100	14
median rent, 70 m²	1,650 €	980 €
median peak commute	36 min	55 min
median train time	25 min	42 min

Average scores, axis by axis

4.9Quality-of-life score2.8

5.6Quality of life2.9

5.1Transport5.1

5.5Nature2.8

4.4Cost of living7.8

5.7Safety2.2

4.9Culture & going out5.4

5.5Remote work3.7

5.5Schools3.0

5.5Luxembourg commute4.3

Each country's extremes

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

best rated

Photo: Streppel · CC BY-SA 3.0

🇱🇺 Luxembourg-Ville

Luxembourg Canton · 138,215 inh.

6.4

The capital concentrates jobs, culture and the EU institutions. Europe's most international city (70% foreign residents), free public transport, but some of the highest rents on the continent.

Average rent, 70 m²: 2,830 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: You're there

cheapest

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0

🇱🇺 Clervaux

Clervaux Canton · 6,387 inh.

3.2

An Ardennes town nestled around its castle abbey (and the "Family of Man" exhibition). Beautiful and affordable, but far from everything.

Average rent, 70 m²: 1,250 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: 67 minby car (peak)52 minby train

closest in

Photo: Streppel · CC BY-SA 3.0

🇱🇺 Luxembourg-Ville

Luxembourg Canton · 138,215 inh.

6.4

The capital concentrates jobs, culture and the EU institutions. Europe's most international city (70% foreign residents), free public transport, but some of the highest rents on the continent.

Average rent, 70 m²: 2,830 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: You're there

🇫🇷 France45,510 cross-border workers into Luxembourg

best rated

Photo: Philippe Gisselbrecht/ Ville de Metz · CC BY-SA 4.0

🇫🇷 Metz

Moselle (France) · 122,572 inh.

3.6

A genuine city of art and universities (Centre Pompidou-Metz, the cathedral) at Moselle prices. But at least an hour's drive to Luxembourg — and much more when the A31 overflows.

Average rent, 70 m²: 940 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: 74 minby car (peak)48 minby train

cheapest

Photo: Aimelaime · CC BY-SA 3.0

🇫🇷 Longuyon

Meurthe-et-Moselle (France) · 5,134 inh.

2.4

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

closest in

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🇫🇷 Hettange-Grande

Moselle (France) · 7,772 inh.

3.6

The last French station before the border: 17 minutes by train to Luxembourg. Moselle's most efficient cross-border spot by rail.

Average rent, 70 m²: 1,210 € / month
Commute to Luxembourg City: 46 minby car (peak)17 minby train

Settling in

🇱🇺 Luxembourg4 steps →🇫🇷 France4 steps →

The averages cover the communes profiled here — the band genuinely within reach of Luxembourg City — not the whole country. Comparing France with Belgium on this site means comparing the Moselle and the Pays-Haut with the province of Luxembourg, not Paris with Brussels.