Gœrsdorf has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 72% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Gœrsdorf 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gœrsdorf.
Schools
Schools around Gœrsdorf do better than those of 98% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Gœrsdorf, 97.0% passed the brevet, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.7 mi away. The nearest collège is 1.5 mi away.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Gœrsdorf’s ages would predict, 69 per 100 expected, under Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Gœrsdorf is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter, 9.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 154 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 106, 31% fewer. Average lifespans in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−31%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw69
Adjusted69
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Gœrsdorf · 4.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
9.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Only 4.6% of commuters in Gœrsdorf go to work without a car, fewer than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
6.6% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). For its 400 residents in work, Gœrsdorf has 150 jobs: 0.3 each. At the census, 3.6% of working residents in Gœrsdorf didn’t travel to work at all.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
On foot2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Gœrsdorf, 0.3 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,230
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 19% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Gœrsdorf skews older, with 31% of residents 65 or over, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 14%, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8% of the town. Graduates make up just over a fifth of adults.
51.7median age
GœrsdorfBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Gœrsdorf: 17% were built before 1919, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 19th century. Among the classé monuments in Gœrsdorf is Église protestante de Mitschdorf. On the Culture ministry’s list, Gœrsdorf counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Gœrsdorf has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.3 cases of violence against people and 3 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in Gœrsdorf, armed robbery came up most often (2025).
5.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Armed robbery0
Burglary0
Vehicle theft0
Theft from vehicles0
Drug use0
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.
5.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (100.0% of the index here).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Gœrsdorf
Is Gœrsdorf safe?
Gœrsdorf has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Gœrsdorf good?
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Gœrsdorf
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Gœrsdorf is a commune of 1,039 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
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.
