Households here earn well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for cost of living, C+ for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel 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.
How Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel grades
Each subject compares Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel keeps more of its old housing than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 14% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel; none is classé, France’s top protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Houses and mansions, 2 of the 3, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel has a higher adjusted death rate than 60% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 113 deaths in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel from 2016 to 2025; there were 103, 9% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Bas-Rhin is 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel records 91 deaths per 100 expected.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Sainte Catherine de Saverne
4.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Sainte Catherine de Saverne
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel has lower unemployment than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4%
The median disposable income was €28,060 a year per consumption unit, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.5% of working residents in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
Public transport7%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, 0.3 per working resident
6.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,060
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 55% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel costs an estimated advertised €12.04/m² a month, against €13.84/m² in Bas-Rhin’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.75/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.
€12.04/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel€12.04/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€12.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.33 to €15.53/m² a month)
€11.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,040
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Hanau-La Petite Pierre
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel
Is Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel safe?
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel is a commune of 1,059 people in the Communauté de communes de Hanau-La Petite Pierre. 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.
