Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 4,694 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Herrlisheim grades A overall: better than 89% of compared French towns, and #14 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 39% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is safety (A+): an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 6 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 Herrlisheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Herrlisheim 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 Herrlisheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour des Pêcheurs, in Haguenau, 7.7 mi away.
4.9% 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 Herrlisheim.
For Herrlisheim, that is above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970). 7.1% of the labour force are out of work. Herrlisheim has 1,000 jobs for 2,200 working residents, 0.5 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Herrlisheim sits close to Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and above compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| 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
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 485 residents of Herrlisheim died, against 468 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Its care home for older people (53 places) counts its residents as Herrlisheim’s; allowing for it, deaths were 6% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
That puts Herrlisheim below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9.2% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Herrlisheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Herrlisheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Herrlisheim.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herrlisheim | 4,694 | — | A | C | A+ | C |
| Gambsheim | 5,312 | 2.9 | A | C− | A+ | C |
| Bischwiller | 12,242 | 3.4 | C− | C+ | B− | C− |
| Drusenheim | 5,388 | 3.4 | A | C+ | A+ | C+ |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder | 3,992 | 4.1 | B+ | C+ | A+ | C |
| Gries | 2,868 | 4.3 | — | C+ | — | D |
| Kilstett | 2,607 | 4.3 | — | C | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 62 in Bas-Rhin.
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
Herrlisheim is a commune of 4,694 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.