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A town of 2,636 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Dorlisheim grades A overall: better than 92% of compared French towns, and #11 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 42% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.1 jobs per working resident; 6.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Dorlisheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Dorlisheim 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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On the Culture ministry’s list, Dorlisheim counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1930.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Dorlisheim. Best known first.
ChâteauChâteau Saint-Jeanin town
ChâteauChâteau des Rohan de Mutzig2.5 km northwest, in MutzigMuseumMuseumFort de Mutzig4.2 km northwest, in DangolsheimAbbeyAbbeyChartreuse de Molsheim2 km north, in MolsheimFortFortÉglise Saint-Pierre de Molsheim3.9 km northeast, in MolsheimFortFortEnceinte médiévale de Molsheim1.8 km north, in MolsheimPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Dorlisheim.
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.4 violent offenses and 10.8 graded property crimes a year. Police and gendarmerie figures for Dorlisheim show 35 offenses in 2025. The commonest graded crime locally was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 19.0% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
At the census, 21.3% of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €29,720 a year per consumption unit, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #20 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. At the two general lycées, 98% of 477 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Rembrandt BugattiNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 91%+2 pts |
| Lycée Henri MeckNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 325 | 98%+1 pt |
| Collège Henri MeckBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 90 | 94%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €10.75/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
29% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Half of Dorlisheim is older than 50.6, half younger. Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Dorlisheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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.
Among the classé monuments in Dorlisheim is Menhir dit Lange Stein. On the Culture ministry’s list, Dorlisheim counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Dorlisheim has 4 family doctors. Its care home for older people (123 places) counts its residents as Dorlisheim’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 428 residents of Dorlisheim died, against 365 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% more. The nearest emergency department to Dorlisheim is Hopital de Hautepierre, 11.3 mi away.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Dorlisheim counts 4 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
Puits daté de 1605: Photo: Antoine-Wagner · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Dorlisheim.
Roland Bugatti: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorlisheim | 2,636 | — | A | C− | A | B− |
| Molsheim | 9,318 | 1.2 | A− | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Mutzig | 6,087 | 1.6 | B+ | C+ | B+ | C |
| Rosheim | 5,457 | 2.2 | A+ | C | A+ | B+ |
| Bischoffsheim | 3,342 | 2.7 | — | C | — | A− |
| Duttlenheim | 3,011 | 3.7 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Obernai | 12,587 | 4.4 | A | C− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #23 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 22 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns and #20 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. The lycée stands out: 98% of 325 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Henri Meck in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Dorlisheim is a commune of 2,636 people in the Communauté de communes de la Région de Molsheim-Mutzig. 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.
