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BaldenheimBas-Rhin

A town of 1,254 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.

Is Baldenheim a good place to live?

Baldenheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

StrongestAJobs & incomeWeakestDHealth

How Baldenheim grades

Each subject compares Baldenheim 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.

How grading works

HealthDOpen →Jobs & income5.6% unemploymentAOpen →Cost of livingA year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 35% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunalityBOpen →Walkability94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workBOpen →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Église protestante (ancienne église catholique)
Église protestante (ancienne église catholique) · Classé · Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0
Baldenheim’s story

Baldenheim in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Baldenheim: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1929.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Victor Ernst Nessler, born in 1841, is the one person born in Baldenheim before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1929First protected: Immeuble Boegler
  • 1970Most recently protected: Église protestante (ancienne église catholique)
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Baldenheim.

HealthHealth D

More deaths than Baldenheim’s ages would predict, 105 per 100 expected, above Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

From 2016 to 2025, 89 residents of Baldenheim died, against 84 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Life expectancy in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Baldenheim is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 4.9 mi away.

+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw105
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Baldenheim · 4.6 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
4.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.

Who lives here

Baldenheim has fewer older residents than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 16% are 65 or over

Half of Baldenheim is older than 41.2, half younger. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, close to both Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 17% of residents are children under 15.

41.2median age
BaldenheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Baldenheim
BaldenheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–2411%10%11%
25–4427%24%23%
45–6429%28%26%
65+16%22%22%
No diploma15%18%19%
CAP or BEP34%29%26%
Baccalauréat19%17%18%
Higher education30%32%30%

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

HousingCost of living B

Renting in Baldenheim costs less than in both Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.39/m² a month

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.

€11.39/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Baldenheim€11.39/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€11.39/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.02 to €14.37/m² a month)
€11.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Sélestat

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

History

Baldenheim keeps more of its old housing than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 15% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Baldenheim is Église protestante (ancienne église catholique). Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

12th c.
oldest protected part
1929
first monument protected

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

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Unemployment in Baldenheim, 5.6%, runs below Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns

The median disposable income was €28,600 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 7.4% of Baldenheim’s working residents to work at the census.

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
Public transport7%
Bicycle4%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Baldenheim, 0.5 per working resident
5.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,600
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Baldenheim

11pages on Baldenheim

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Baldenheim: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Immeuble Boegler: Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église protestante (ancienne église catholique): Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Baldenheim

One notable person was born in Baldenheim.

Their page →

Baldenheim’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 →
HilsenheimSélestatMarckolsheimScherwillerChâtenoisHuttenheimHilsenheimSélestatMarckolsheimScherwillerChâtenoisHuttenheimBaldenheim
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Baldenheim1,254——B—D
Hilsenheim2,6043.6A+A−AB+
Sélestat19,5894.2B−C+CC
Marckolsheim4,3985.2ABB+C+
Scherwiller3,0996.3—B−—C
Châtenois4,2946.6ACAC+
Huttenheim2,7358.8A−CB+C+

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

Questions about Baldenheim

Is Baldenheim safe?

Baldenheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 11.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

About Baldenheim

Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est

Baldenheim is a commune of 1,254 people in the Communauté de communes de Sélestat. 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
1,254 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Sélestat
Département
Bas-Rhin (67)
Région
Grand Est
Area
3.6 sq mi (9.4 km²)
INSEE code
67019

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.