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A town of 1,379 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Boofzheim 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 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 8 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Boofzheim 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Boofzheim, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1935.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Boofzheim.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 6.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The closest collège is 1.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des deux rivesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 63 | 98%+8 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.
Boofzheim has 2 family doctors. The nearest emergency department to Boofzheim is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 12.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 100 residents of Boofzheim died, against 94 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. Average lifespans in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to C+.
250 jobs are based in Boofzheim, for 650 working residents (0.4 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €29,040 a year per consumption unit, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. The census found 12.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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
Those 65 and older account for 20% of residents. Half the people of Boofzheim are older than 43.7. Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%).
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Boofzheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 16th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Boofzheim, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Boofzheim has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
église catholique Saint-Étienne: Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Boofzheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boofzheim | 1,379 | — | — | B | — | D |
| Rhinau | 2,723 | 1.4 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Gerstheim | 3,490 | 3.7 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Benfeld | 5,973 | 4.8 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
| Huttenheim | 2,735 | 5 | A− | C | B+ | C+ |
| Hilsenheim | 2,604 | 6.2 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Erstein | 10,790 | 6.4 | B− | C+ | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Boofzheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 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 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Boofzheim is a commune of 1,379 people in the Communauté de communes du Canton d'Erstein. 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.