Grendelbruch’s best grade is for cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 26% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is health (D−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for jobs & income and B− for walkability. 17% of homes here are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Grendelbruch 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 Grendelbruch 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 Grendelbruch.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Grendelbruch than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.46/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €8.93/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.
€9.46/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Grendelbruch€9.46/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€9.46/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.54 to €11.85/m² a month)
€8.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Portes de Rosheim
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D−
Deaths in Grendelbruch run above what its ages would predict: 124 per 100 expected, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Bas-Rhin can expect 85 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 130 residents of Grendelbruch died, against 105 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. The nearest emergency department to Grendelbruch is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 16.8 mi away. There is one general practitioner locally.
+24%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw124
Adjusted124
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Grendelbruch · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
16.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Grendelbruch: 25% 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 Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Grendelbruch; none is classé, France’s top protection. The oldest protected building goes back to the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Only 7.0% of commuters in Grendelbruch go to work without a car, fewer than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 7.6%, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €28,940 a year per consumption unit. For its 550 residents in work, Grendelbruch has 150 jobs: 0.2 each.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving89%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
150
jobs based in Grendelbruch, 0.2 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 47% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Grendelbruch has fewer young adults than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 7.9% are 15 to 24
Residents of Grendelbruch have a median age of 48.3. Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. Degrees are held by 28% of adults, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike.
48.3median age
GrendelbruchBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma15%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education28%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Safety
Grendelbruch has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 8 offenses in Grendelbruch in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 4.6 violent offenses and 5.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
4.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage8
Armed robbery0
Theft from vehicles0
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.
4.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
78.7%
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 · Small counts of family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 78.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Château de Guirbaden and 6 more in and around Grendelbruch
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Grendelbruch. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Grendelbruch
Is Grendelbruch safe?
Grendelbruch has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
About Grendelbruch
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Grendelbruch is a commune of 1,195 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes de Rosheim. 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.
