Schools do well: brevet results a point below the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for cost of living and B− for health.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Dambach-la-Ville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Dambach-la-Ville 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dambach-la-Ville.
Work & commuteJobs & income A+
Fewer people in Dambach-la-Ville are out of work than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.6%
Median disposable income comes to €29,580 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 12.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
On foot5%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter0%
750
jobs based in Dambach-la-Ville, 0.7 per working resident
4.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,580
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 77% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Dambach-la-Ville: 27% were built before 1919, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Dambach-la-Ville has 17 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 15 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Chapelle de Saint-Sébastien. Per 10,000 residents, Dambach-la-Ville counts 79 protected monuments. Most of the list is houses and mansions: 11 of 17.
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 Dambach-la-Ville is €12.79/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.82/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.
€12.79/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Dambach-la-Ville€12.79/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€12.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.24 to €15.97/m² a month)
€11.82/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,510
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Barr
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Dambach-la-Ville are 15 to 24: 8.3%, fewer than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up two in five adults. 18% are under 15, higher than Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). Half of Dambach-la-Ville is older than 42.5, half younger.
42.5median age
Dambach-la-VilleBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
21%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education40%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Dambach-la-Ville sees more deaths than 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Dambach-la-Ville can choose among 3 GPs. Its care home for older people (52 places) counts its residents as Dambach-la-Ville’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. 250 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 223: 12% above. Life expectancy in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Dambach-la-Ville · 4.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
4.2 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
Dambach-la-Ville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie figures for Dambach-la-Ville show 21 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 2.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 7.7 (2023–2025 average). Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
2.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Burglary10
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence6
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.
2.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
44.4%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 44.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château du Bernstein and 5 more in and around Dambach-la-Ville
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Dambach-la-Ville. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Dambach-la-Ville
Is Dambach-la-Ville safe?
Dambach-la-Ville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 11 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Dambach-la-Ville good?
They grade B+, better than 71% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Dambach-la-Ville
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Dambach-la-Ville is a commune of 2,165 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Barr. 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.
