Bœrsch has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results 0.7 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Bœrsch 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Bœrsch run higher than in 61% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 183 deaths in Bœrsch from 2016 to 2025; there were 168, 8% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bœrsch is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 14.6 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners locally. Average lifespans in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Bœrsch · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
14.6 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
Bœrsch is rich in protected monuments: 45 per 10,000 residents, 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.
15% of homes date from before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Bœrsch is Enceinte fortifiée. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. The town has 11 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 7 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HousingCost of living C+
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Bœrsch is €13.94/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €12.85/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.
€13.94/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Bœrsch€13.94/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€13.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.87 to €17.87/m² a month)
€12.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Portes de Rosheim
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Bœrsch is better off than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,920 a year per consumption unit
6.0% of the labour force were unemployed, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Jobs based in Bœrsch number 300, against 1,200 residents in work (0.3 per worker). Also worth knowing: at the census, 4.9% of working residents in Bœrsch went to work by public transport.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
300
jobs based in Bœrsch, 0.3 per working resident
6.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,920
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 49% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Bœrsch are 15 to 24: 7.9%, fewer than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
Nearly two in five adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 16%, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Bœrsch in two is 47.8.
47.8median age
BœrschBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Bœrsch has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.2 violent offenses and 7 graded property crimes a year. 2025 saw 17 offenses recorded in Bœrsch. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Bœrsch (2025).
2.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Burglary7
Armed robbery0
Fraud8
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
2.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
41.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 41.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bœrsch
Is Bœrsch safe?
Bœrsch has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 10 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Bœrsch good?
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns. 99% of 174 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Freppel in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Bœrsch
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Bœrsch is a commune of 2,459 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes de Rosheim. 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
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.
