Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Population 1,005: a town in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Where it does best is cost of living (B+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Jobs and pay hold up well (B+): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.7% unemployment. Its lowest grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Artolsheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Artolsheim 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.
Artolsheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Artolsheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Immeuble Boegler, in Baldenheim, 2.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Artolsheim.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Artolsheim is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 7.5 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 84 residents of Artolsheim died, against 60 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 39% more. In Bas-Rhin, life expectancy at birth reaches 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
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
18% of residents are children under 15. Degrees are held by 23% of adults, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Typical age in Artolsheim: 42.1, the median.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Artolsheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 8.0% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 6.7%, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Artolsheim didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Artolsheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Artolsheim.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artolsheim | 1,005 | — | — | B+ | — | D− |
| Marckolsheim | 4,398 | 3.3 | A | B | B+ | C+ |
| Hilsenheim | 2,604 | 5.6 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Sélestat | 19,589 | 6.8 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Scherwiller | 3,099 | 9.1 | — | B− | — | C |
| Châtenois | 4,294 | 9.2 | A | C | A | C+ |
| Rhinau | 2,723 | 10 | — | B+ | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Artolsheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Artolsheim is a commune of 1,005 people in the Communauté de communes du Ried de Marckolsheim. 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.