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ElsenheimBas-Rhin

A town of 803 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.

Is Elsenheim a good place to live?

Elsenheim is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Elsenheim’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Elsenheim’s story

No historic monuments in Elsenheim

The Culture ministry lists no building in Elsenheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église protestante, in Muntzenheim, 4.3 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Elsenheim.

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Elsenheim than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: 22% of adults

Children under 15 make up 17%, about level with compared French towns (17%) and above Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. The age that splits Elsenheim in two is 42.5.

42.5median age
ElsenheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP40%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Elsenheim
ElsenheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 1517%16%17%
15–2411%10%11%
25–4426%24%23%
45–6428%28%26%
65+18%22%22%
No diploma16%18%19%
CAP or BEP40%29%26%
Baccalauréat20%17%18%
Higher education22%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Elsenheim walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 7.2%

Per resident in work, Elsenheim counts 0.3 jobs (150 jobs, 400 workers). Unemployment stood at 7.5%, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 2.3% of working residents here at the census.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Elsenheim, 0.3 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,530
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 6 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away. General-bac pupils go 6.6 mi to the nearest lycée.

95.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Elsenheim95.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean Jacques WaltzNearest collègeCollègeCollège11795%+6 pts
95.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +6 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Elsenheim than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.29/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

€11.29/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Elsenheim€11.29/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€11.29/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.83 to €14.43/m² a month)
€11.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Elsenheim

12pages on Elsenheim

Landmarks

Nothing in Elsenheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Elsenheim

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Elsenheim yet.

How we find them →

Elsenheim’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Bas-Rhin →
MarckolsheimSélestatHorbourg-WihrRibeauvilléChâtenoisColmarMarckolsheimSélestatHorbourg-WihrRibeauvilléChâtenoisColmarElsenheim
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Elsenheim803—————
Marckolsheim4,3982.2ABB+C+
Sélestat19,5897.2B−C+CC
Horbourg-Wihr Haut-Rhin6,1997.2AC−A+B−
Ribeauvillé Haut-Rhin4,6858.3AB−A−B−
Châtenois4,2948.8ACAC+
Colmar Haut-Rhin66,9708.9C+CC−B−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Elsenheim

Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est

Elsenheim is a commune of 803 people in the Communauté de communes du Ried de Marckolsheim. 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

Population
803 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Ried de Marckolsheim
Département
Bas-Rhin (67)
Région
Grand Est
Area
3.7 sq mi (9.6 km²)
INSEE code
67121

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.