Where Luxembourg's cross-border workers live

Luxembourg employs more than 238,000 cross-border workers, and they are not spread evenly: a handful of towns in the first ring carry most of the flow. Here is how many residents of each one cross the border every morning.

Where they come from

🇫🇷 France

131,260

55.1 %

🇧🇪 Belgium

53,750

22.5 %

🇩🇪 Germany

53,380

22.4 %

Coverage: 88,470 of 238,390 (37.1 %) — IGSS — people employed in Luxembourg by commune of residence, 31 March 2026

The towns most dependent on Luxembourg

Measured against population the ranking changes completely: Metz sends a lot of people, but it is in the small communes of the Pays-Haut and the Alzette valley that one resident in three works in the Grand Duchy.

🇫🇷 Audun-le-Tiche

Moselle (France)

42.4

Per 100 residents

3,120 workers · 7,356 inh.

🇫🇷 Villerupt

Meurthe-et-Moselle (France)

38.4

Per 100 residents

3,880 workers · 10,102 inh.

🇫🇷 Hettange-Grande

Moselle (France)

35.3

Per 100 residents

2,740 workers · 7,772 inh.

🇫🇷 Sierck-les-Bains

Moselle (France)

31.7

Per 100 residents

560 workers · 1,765 inh.

🇧🇪 Aubange

Luxembourg Province (Belgium)

31.5

Per 100 residents

5,530 workers · 17,567 inh.

🇧🇪 Attert

Luxembourg Province (Belgium)

29.8

Per 100 residents

1,680 workers · 5,645 inh.

The towns sending the most workers

#	City	Workers	Per 100 residents	Population	Rent	Peak commute
1	🇫🇷 Thionville	10,110	23.7	42,658	16.2 €/m²	53 min
2	🇩🇪 Trèves (Trier)	8,680	7.8	111,528	16.4 €/m²	52 min
3	🇧🇪 Arlon	8,670	27.8	31,165	15.0 €/m²	46 min
4	🇫🇷 Metz	6,330	5.2	122,572	13.4 €/m²	74 min
5	🇧🇪 Aubange	5,530	31.5	17,567	14.3 €/m²	49 min
6	🇫🇷 Longwy	3,880	24.7	15,679	14.1 €/m²	54 min
7	🇫🇷 Villerupt	3,880	38.4	10,102	14.2 €/m²	51 min
8	🇫🇷 Yutz	3,730	21.4	17,391	15.1 €/m²	56 min
9	🇧🇪 Bastogne	3,720	22.4	16,631	13.6 €/m²	78 min
10	🇫🇷 Hayange	3,130	19.8	15,806	12.3 €/m²	54 min
11	🇫🇷 Audun-le-Tiche	3,120	42.4	7,356	17.0 €/m²	48 min
12	🇫🇷 Hettange-Grande	2,740	35.3	7,772	17.3 €/m²	46 min
13	🇧🇪 Messancy	2,510	29.3	8,577	14.3 €/m²	47 min
14	🇫🇷 Fameck	2,410	16.3	14,788	13.3 €/m²	59 min
15	🇩🇪 Merzig	2,250	7.4	30,562	13.6 €/m²	60 min
16	🇩🇪 Perl	2,180	21.8	10,012	15.0 €/m²	43 min
17	🇫🇷 Florange	2,160	17.9	12,035	13.6 €/m²	55 min
18	🇩🇪 Konz	2,020	11.0	18,345	15.0 €/m²	51 min
19	🇧🇪 Habay	2,020	22.8	8,845	13.6 €/m²	54 min
20	🇫🇷 Mont-Saint-Martin	1,950	20.8	9,361	13.8 €/m²	48 min
21	🇧🇪 Attert	1,680	29.8	5,645	14.3 €/m²	53 min
22	🇧🇪 Virton	1,390	12.0	11,593	13.6 €/m²	68 min
23	🇩🇪 Bitburg	1,380	8.7	15,839	14.3 €/m²	67 min
24	🇩🇪 Saarburg	930	12.5	7,412	14.3 €/m²	57 min
25	🇫🇷 Longuyon	770	15.0	5,134	10.9 €/m²	71 min
26	🇫🇷 Cattenom	740	28.7	2,580	14.2 €/m²	57 min
27	🇫🇷 Sierck-les-Bains	560	31.7	1,765	13.6 €/m²	59 min

"Per 100 residents" measures cross-border workers against the commune's total population, children and pensioners included — it is a dependency indicator, not a share of the labour force.