Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,312 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Gambsheim grades A overall: better than 85% of compared French towns, and #20 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 safety (A+): an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Gambsheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gambsheim 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Gambsheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bains rituels, in Bischheim, 7.8 mi away.
4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gambsheim.
Gambsheim ranks first of the 62 compared towns in Bas-Rhin on the Safety Grade. In 2025, 49 offenses were recorded in the town. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (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· Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 11.6% of the index here.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.
Jobs based in Gambsheim number 850, against 2,600 residents in work (0.3 per worker). Unemployment stood at 6.4%, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 12.9% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.9 mi away. School results put the town #33 of 77 in Bas-Rhin.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Simone VeilNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 75 | 92%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
402 deaths in Gambsheim between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 428: 6% below. Adjusted for age and care homes, Gambsheim records 94 deaths per 100 expected, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and higher than compared French towns (88). Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Gambsheim is Clinique Sainte Anne du Groupe hospitalier Saint Vincent, 6.8 mi away. Life expectancy in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%. The middle age in Gambsheim is 45.5. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, close to both Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%).
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Gambsheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and other places to visit in and near Gambsheim. Best known first.
Nothing in Gambsheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Gambsheim.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambsheim | 5,312 | — | A | C− | A+ | C |
| Kilstett | 2,607 | 1.6 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Herrlisheim | 4,694 | 2.9 | A | C | A+ | C |
| La Wantzenau | 5,864 | 3.3 | A− | D− | A | B |
| Weyersheim | 3,512 | 4.2 | A | C | A+ | C− |
| Hœrdt | 4,570 | 4.6 | A+ | C− | A+ | B− |
| Gries | 2,868 | 5.4 | — | C+ | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 17 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns and #33 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Gambsheim is a commune of 5,312 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Rhénan. 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.