- Saint-Avold belongs to the Urban Community Saint-Avold Synergy.
- Geographic location :
- Located in the northeast of the Moselle 45 km east of Metz, 112 km north-west of Strasbourg, 30 km southwest of Saarbrucken.
- The forest that stretches north of the municipal area is not less than 2/3 of the total area of the ban, or 24 km².
- Point geological view: located in the extreme east of the Paris basin, within the buttonhole Warndt.
- Different communication routes:
- Train station of Valmont to 3 km.
- Interchange A4 allows to move to Germany, Alsace or to Metz.
- The regional airport of Metz-Nancy.
- Distinctions:
- City flower: three flowers.
- Town Internet 2020: 5 arobases.
- Marianne d'Or 2010 of the environment and sustainable development.
- Marianne d'Or 2014 social economic projects and solidarity.
- Saint-Avold is twinned with the towns of Dudweiler (Germany) and Fayetteville (U.S.A.)