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A town of 2,517 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Berstett has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is walkability (C): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 2 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Berstett does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Berstett 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.
Berstett has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Berstett as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre-et-Paul, in Wingersheim les Quatre Bans, 1.9 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Berstett.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 7.6 mi to the nearest lycée. On school results, the town ranks #14 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. The closest collège is 2.8 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège KochersbergNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 203 deaths in Berstett from 2016 to 2025; there were 153, 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Berstett is Hopital de Hautepierre, 7.3 mi away. The town has one family doctor. Life expectancy in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Unemployment stood at 5.1%, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Berstett holds 200 jobs; 1,250 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median resident of Berstett is 44.7 years old. 21% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 16%, near both Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%).
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Berstett | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.97/m² a month. 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
Nothing in Berstett 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 Berstett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berstett | 2,517 | — | — | B− | — | A− |
| Truchtersheim | 4,398 | 2.2 | A+ | B+ | A | C |
| Vendenheim | 6,137 | 3.7 | B+ | D | B+ | B+ |
| Lampertheim | 3,457 | 3.8 | B+ | D− | A− | A |
| Brumath | 10,499 | 4.4 | C+ | C− | B+ | D |
| Mundolsheim | 5,322 | 4.7 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Hochfelden | 4,038 | 5.5 | A | C | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Berstett has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns and #14 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Berstett is a commune of 2,517 people in the Communauté de communes du Kochersberg. 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.