Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 1,936 people, this town lies in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment. Where it falls short is cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 40% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, 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). Ernolsheim-Bruche 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 Ernolsheim-Bruche 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.
Ernolsheim-Bruche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Ernolsheim-Bruche; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1936.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Ernolsheim-Bruche. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ernolsheim-Bruche.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Nicolas CopernicNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 117 | 91%−3 pts |
| Collège Paul WernertBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 130 | 96%+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.
A house rents for an estimated €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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 136 deaths in Ernolsheim-Bruche from 2016 to 2025; there were 128, 6% fewer. Adjusted for age and care homes, Ernolsheim-Bruche records 94 deaths per 100 expected, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and higher than compared French towns (88). The nearest emergency department to Ernolsheim-Bruche is Hopital de Hautepierre, 6.9 mi away. This Bas-Rhin town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 16th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 5.8% of the total, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
12.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Of those in the labour force, 5.7% are unemployed.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 38% of adults, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Under-15s account for 18% of the population. Half of Ernolsheim-Bruche is older than 45.4, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Ernolsheim-Bruche | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
The graded crime recorded most in Ernolsheim-Bruche was criminal damage (2025). 2025 saw 7 offenses recorded here. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 2.8 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 3.7.
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 81.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Ernolsheim-Bruche; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Château d'Urendorf: Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Domaine du château de Kolbsheim: Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ernolsheim-Bruche 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernolsheim-Bruche | 1,936 | — | — | C | — | C |
| Duttlenheim | 3,011 | 2.2 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Achenheim | 2,637 | 3.2 | — | D− | — | A |
| Holtzheim | 3,850 | 3.3 | — | D | — | C |
| Molsheim | 9,318 | 3.5 | A− | C+ | B− | C+ |
| Entzheim | 2,544 | 3.8 | B+ | D− | B+ | A− |
| Oberschaeffolsheim | 2,597 | 4.2 | — | D | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ernolsheim-Bruche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 79% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Ernolsheim-Bruche is a commune of 1,936 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 November 4, 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.
