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AvolsheimBas-Rhin

A town of 745 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.

Is Avolsheim a good place to live?

Avolsheim is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Ancien baptistère dit chapelle Saint-Ulrich
Ancien baptistère dit chapelle Saint-Ulrich · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Avolsheim’s story

Avolsheim in pictures

Avolsheim has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.

17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1862First protected: Ancien baptistère dit chapelle Saint-Ulrich
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Nearby attractions

Ancienne gare and 31 more in and around Avolsheim

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Avolsheim. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Avolsheim.

History

Old homes shape Avolsheim: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Avolsheim is Ancien baptistère dit chapelle Saint-Ulrich. Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1862
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Avolsheim, fewer than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns

A fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. The age that splits Avolsheim in two is 47.7.

47.7median age
AvolsheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Avolsheim
AvolsheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 1513%16%17%
15–248.7%10%11%
25–4426%24%23%
45–6433%28%26%
65+20%22%22%
No diploma14%18%19%
CAP or BEP34%29%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education30%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Incomes in Avolsheim run higher than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €29,480 a year per consumption unit

Jobs located in Avolsheim: 50, for 400 residents in work (0.2 each). No commute at all: 3.1% of working residents in the town at the census. Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
Public transport7%
Bicycle4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Avolsheim, 0.2 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

92.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 2.6 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

At the lycées within 5 km of Avolsheim, 95.0% passed the bac, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 1.9 mi away.

98%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Avolsheim92.9%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Avolsheim95.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Henri MeckNearest collègeCollègeCollège9094%+3 pts
Lycée polyvalent Louis MarchalNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée15297%+1 pt
Collège Louis ArbogastBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège14494%+3 pts

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98%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
85%
passed the vocational bac, −2.7 pts against the expected rate
92.9%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2.6 pts against the expected rate
1.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Avolsheim is €12.50/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €10.75/m² a month.

€12.50/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Avolsheim€12.50/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€12.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.22 to €15.29/m² a month)
€10.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Avolsheim

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Landmarks

Avolsheim has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Ancien baptistère dit chapelle Saint-Ulrich: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Avolsheim

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Avolsheim yet.

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Avolsheim’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Bas-Rhin →
MolsheimDorlisheimMutzigDuttlenheimMarlenheimRosheimMolsheimDorlisheimMutzigDuttlenheimMarlenheimRosheimAvolsheim
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Avolsheim745—————
Molsheim9,3181.5A−C+B−C+
Dorlisheim2,6362.6AC−AB−
Mutzig6,0872.8B+C+B+C
Duttlenheim3,0113.8—C+—C
Marlenheim4,1854.2AC−A+B
Rosheim5,4574.8A+CA+B+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Avolsheim

Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est

Avolsheim is a commune of 745 people in the Communauté de communes de la Région de Molsheim-Mutzig. 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

Population
745 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Région de Molsheim-Mutzig
Département
Bas-Rhin (67)
Région
Grand Est
Area
0.7 sq mi (1.8 km²)
INSEE code
67016

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.