5 rankings in which Metz shone this year

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According to the rankings that we have selected, in this year 2024, Metz (Moselle) is particularly distinguished for the quality of life it offers to its residents.

Through a retrospective of five awards which have highlighted Metz, we explain to you why it is defined as a ville attractive et where it’s good to live.

Metz, the town of Lorraine where life is good

At the end of January, The Sunday Journal revealed the 2024 ranking of towns and villages where life is good, produced by the eponymous association. A very list exhaustivebecause 187 criteria divided into 11 categories were studied.

Among the elements allowing us to judge a pleasant life, we find the securitythe healthTHE transports or even the shops and services.

Metz comes out with the title of first city of Lorraine where it is good to live. However, she remains behind Strasbourg on the scale of the Grand Est and ranks 33^e nationally.

Metz, a paradise for seniors

In November, this good quality of life is confirmed by the classification of Figaro of the best cities for seniors to live in.

In the category of 40 cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, Metz stands out and arrives 6^e in the national rankings. This time, she won the title of first city in the Grand Est where it is good to live for our elders.

In detail, it gains valuable points thanks to the category “ environment ”, is doing well in the “ shops/services”, but drops to the middle of the table for the category “ health ».

Metz, ideal for a permanent contract and being an owner

In December, Metz won a medal in the “Employment and housing” barometer of the Parisian. This indicator determines the cities offering the best housing and employment opportunities.

Metz appears there as the second city in Francewhere you have the best chance of getting a permanent contract and being an owner.

Very concretely, Metz shines with the best rate of permanent job offers in France. It is also revealed that the Messins have a strong real estate purchasing power thanks to the low price per square meter – estimated at €2,302/m²which makes it the 7ᵉ cheaper classified metropolises.

With easy access to these two key factors, employment and real estate, Metz can boast of being in a good position to attract more and more new residents .

Metz, the new El Dorado for Parisian teleworkers

With such arguments, among the French potentially attracted to Metz, Parisians have reason to be particularly attracted. This is the observation confirmed The Parisian in December, giving Metz the first place of their ranking of the best cities to settle in if you work in Paris and are able to telework.

A gold medal largely due – once again – to the low real estate prices . Criterion of choice for Parisians wishing to reside elsewhere than in the capital.

But to telework from Metz while keeping his job in Paris, it is indispensable to be able to easily travel to the capital for one-off meetings. And precisely, the ranking highlights the ease of these pendulum movements thanks to Metz station. It allows you to connect Paris in 1 hour 20 minutes with wide opening hours.

Metz, the station with the most beautiful history

Metz station is thus one of the cornerstones of attractivenessof the city. But far from being satisfied with that, she is herself a multi-medalist. In 2024, once again, the neo-Romanesque architecture station was ranked firstof the SNCF annual competition.

But this time, the competition did not concern the aesthetics of the building but its history: the story of its construction, on the orders of Kaiser William II, to make Metzthe nerve centerof his empire.

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