Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,637 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Achenheim has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 52% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 30% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Achenheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Achenheim with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Achenheim has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Achenheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église d'Offenheim, in Stutzheim-Offenheim, 3.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Achenheim.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
France’s property-sale records don’t cover Alsace and Moselle, which keep their own land register, so the Cost Grade here uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
144 deaths in Achenheim between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 206: 30% below. Average lifespans in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 4 family doctors.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Unemployment runs at 5.5%. Jobs based in Achenheim number 500, against 1,200 residents in work (0.4 per worker). Bus, tram or train carried 7.7% of working residents in Achenheim to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #66 of 77 in Bas-Rhin.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul WernertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 96%+3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Marcel RudloffNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 289 | 92%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
24% of residents are 65 or over, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.9% of the town. Ages in Achenheim split evenly at 43.9: half are older, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Achenheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, family days out and other places to visit in and near Achenheim. Best known first.
Nothing in Achenheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Achenheim yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achenheim | 2,637 | — | — | D− | — | A |
| Oberschaeffolsheim | 2,597 | 1.1 | — | D | — | A− |
| Holtzheim | 3,850 | 1.6 | — | D | — | C |
| Wolfisheim | 4,217 | 1.9 | B+ | D | A+ | B− |
| Eckbolsheim | 7,157 | 2.7 | B+ | D | B− | A |
| Lingolsheim | 20,826 | 3.2 | C+ | D | B+ | B− |
| Entzheim | 2,544 | 3.3 | B+ | D− | B+ | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Achenheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns and #66 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. 92% of 289 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marcel Rudloff in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Achenheim is a commune of 2,637 people in the Eurométropole de Strasbourg. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.