Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,216 residents, it is a town in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Its schools fall short (C): bac results 17 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.3 points above the expected rate. Buying in is costly: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 38% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Griesheim-sur-Souffel 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 Griesheim-sur-Souffel 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.
Griesheim-sur-Souffel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Griesheim-sur-Souffel does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Griesheim-sur-Souffel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église d'Offenheim, in Stutzheim-Offenheim, 2.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Griesheim-sur-Souffel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Griesheim-sur-Souffel.
28% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for nearly one in ten residents. At 49.1, the median resident of Griesheim-sur-Souffel sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Griesheim-sur-Souffel | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 6.9% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Griesheim-sur-Souffel is 87.8%, lower than Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 3.5 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la SouffelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 94%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel privé Charles de Foucauld PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 68 | 72%−17 pts |
| Collège François TruffautBest against expectations: 20 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 133 | 83%+20 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 9.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 5.0% of people in the labour force have no job.
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.
House rents are put at about €13.61/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.
From 2016 to 2025, 77 residents of Griesheim-sur-Souffel died, against 90 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. Life expectancy in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Heritage and family days out in and near Griesheim-sur-Souffel. Best known first.
FortFort Frère2.2 km south, in OberhausbergenFortFortFort Ducrot2.6 km east, in MundolsheimFortFortFort Foch1.8 km southeast, in NiederhausbergenFortFortFort Desaix4 km east, in MundolsheimFortFortFort Kléber5 km south, in WolfisheimTheme parkTheme parkPop Corn Labyrinthe3.8 km south, in OberhausbergenPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Griesheim-sur-Souffel yet.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Griesheim-sur-Souffel is a commune of 1,216 people in the Communauté de communes du Kochersberg. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griesheim-sur-Souffel | 1,216 | — | — | C+ | — | B |
| Lampertheim | 3,457 | 1.7 | B+ | D− | A− | A |
| Mundolsheim | 5,322 | 2 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Oberhausbergen | 5,857 | 2.1 | B− | D− | B− | C+ |
| Vendenheim | 6,137 | 3 | B+ | D | B+ | B+ |
| Souffelweyersheim | 8,239 | 3.2 | C+ | D− | B | C |
| Wolfisheim | 4,217 | 3.2 | B+ | D | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Griesheim-sur-Souffel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.