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A town of 1,101 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Durrenbach has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results 2 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 Durrenbach 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 no building in Durrenbach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye Saint-Walburge, in Walbourg, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Durrenbach. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Durrenbach.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Durrenbach is 100.0%, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Séminaire des jeunes PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 112 | 96%+3 pts |
| Lycée privé Séminaire de jeunes PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 84 | 100%+2 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.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 83 residents of Durrenbach died, against 103 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Durrenbach is Centre hospitalier de Haguenau, 6.8 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Jobs based in Durrenbach number 200, against 550 residents in work (0.4 per worker). 5.5% of people in the labour force have no job. Bus, tram or train carried 3.0% of working residents in Durrenbach to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Line up the people of Durrenbach by age and the one in the middle is 46.5. Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Durrenbach | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Durrenbach is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Durrenbach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durrenbach | 1,101 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Mertzwiller | 3,343 | 4.4 | — | B− | — | D |
| Gundershoffen | 3,834 | 4.6 | A− | B+ | A+ | D |
| Reichshoffen | 5,418 | 5.3 | B− | B− | A | C− |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder | 5,182 | 5.5 | A− | C− | A | B− |
| Soultz-sous-Forêts | 3,121 | 6 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Haguenau | 36,391 | 6 | B | C− | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Durrenbach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 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 95% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 84 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Séminaire de jeunes in 2025, 2 points 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
Durrenbach is a commune of 1,101 people in the Communauté de communes Sauer-Pechelbronn. 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.