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A town of 1,565 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Hindisheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 42% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 4.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Hindisheim 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 Hindisheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Calvaire daté de 1770, in Geispolsheim, 3.1 mi away.
19% 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 Hindisheim.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €12.85/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
Unemployment stood at 4.5%, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Walking, cycling and public transport carried one in ten commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 109 residents of Hindisheim died, against 133 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Hindisheim is Hopital Civil Nouvel Hopital Civil, 9 mi away. 3 GPs practise 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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
18% are under 15, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up 38% of adults. The middle age in Hindisheim is 44.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Hindisheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.5 violent offenses and 2.8 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. In 2025, armed robbery led the graded crimes in Hindisheim.
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary 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).
Nothing in Hindisheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Hindisheim as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindisheim | 1,565 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Lipsheim | 2,702 | 2 | — | D− | — | A− |
| Fegersheim | 5,780 | 2.8 | A | D | A | B |
| Erstein | 10,790 | 3.5 | B− | C+ | C | D |
| Geispolsheim | 7,919 | 3.5 | A− | D− | B | B |
| Eschau | 5,878 | 3.8 | A− | D− | A | C+ |
| Plobsheim | 4,492 | 4.2 | B+ | D− | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hindisheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Hindisheim is a commune of 1,565 people in the Communauté de communes du Canton d'Erstein. 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.