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The town has 2,604 residents and lies in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Safety is where it shines — an average of 6.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hilsenheim’s overall A+ puts it #1 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. That leaves it better than almost every compared French town. Work and incomes are strong (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.7% unemployment.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
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 Hilsenheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hilsenheim 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Hilsenheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église abbatiale Saint-Maurice, in Ebersmunster, 2.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hilsenheim.
Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Hilsenheim (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Hilsenheim show 21 offenses in 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 · For other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 17.7% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Half of residents lived on more than €28,330 a year per consumption unit, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 5.1% of Hilsenheim’s working residents to work at the census. At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Hilsenheim didn’t travel to work at all.
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 €11.28/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, 266 residents of Hilsenheim died, against 250 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% more. Women in Bas-Rhin live to 85 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 2 general practitioners here.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
A fifth of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 19%, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Hilsenheim has a median age of 41.9 years.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Hilsenheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Hilsenheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Hilsenheim yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilsenheim | 2,604 | — | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Huttenheim | 2,735 | 5.2 | A− | C | B+ | C+ |
| Sélestat | 19,589 | 5.4 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Benfeld | 5,973 | 5.9 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
| Scherwiller | 3,099 | 6.5 | — | B− | — | C |
| Rhinau | 2,723 | 7 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Châtenois | 4,294 | 7.5 | A | C | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #23 of 62 in Bas-Rhin.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Hilsenheim is a commune of 2,604 people in the Communauté de communes du Ried de Marckolsheim. 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.