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A town of 1,029 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Hipsheim 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−): 0.1 jobs per working resident; 2.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Hipsheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hipsheim 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 1 historic monument in Hipsheim, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1968.
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hipsheim.
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.
The nearest emergency department to Hipsheim is Hopital Civil Nouvel Hopital Civil, 8.3 mi away. 52 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 64: 18% below. Life expectancy at birth in Bas-Rhin is 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A+.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 18% of residents. Typical age in Hipsheim: 44.6, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Hipsheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 40% | 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.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.2 mi away. The closest collège is 2.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Sébastien BrantNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 166 | 90%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 15th century. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Hipsheim, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
After tax and benefits, the median income is €31,680 a year per consumption unit. Just over one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Hipsheim was other physical violence (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 6.
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 family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
Hipsheim has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Saint-Ludan: Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Hipsheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hipsheim | 1,029 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Lipsheim | 2,702 | 1.8 | — | D− | — | A− |
| Fegersheim | 5,780 | 1.8 | A | D | A | B |
| Eschau | 5,878 | 2.3 | A− | D− | A | C+ |
| Plobsheim | 4,492 | 2.5 | B+ | D− | A+ | C |
| Erstein | 10,790 | 3 | B− | C+ | C | D |
| Geispolsheim | 7,919 | 3.7 | A− | D− | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hipsheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B, better than 61% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Hipsheim is a commune of 1,029 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.