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A town of 11,742 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Hœnheim grades C− overall: better than 24% of compared French towns, and #56 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 52% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 36% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Hœnheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hœnheim 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 Hœnheim, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1987.
3.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Hœnheim. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg4.6 km south, in Strasbourg
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg4.7 km south, in Strasbourg
MuseumMusée alsacien4.9 km south, in Strasbourg
ChâteauPalais Rohan4.7 km south, in Strasbourg
Monastery or conventÉglise protestante Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune de Strasbourg4.2 km south, in Strasbourg
MuseumMusée historique de Strasbourg4.8 km south, in StrasbourgPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hœnheim.
Per resident in work, Hœnheim counts 0.5 jobs (2,400 jobs, 4,900 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €24,970 a year per consumption unit, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, just over a fifth of working residents in Hœnheim went to work by public transport.
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.
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, 1,067 residents of Hœnheim died, against 1,085 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. Its care home for older people (54 places) counts its residents as Hœnheim’s; allowing for it, deaths were 6% below expected. 8 GPs practise in the town. In Bas-Rhin, women can expect to live 85 years and men 80.3 (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.
The graded crime recorded most in Hœnheim was criminal damage (2025). 267 offenses were reported in Hœnheim during 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 5.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 13.
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 · Small counts of armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 0.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
3.1% of its homes were built before 1919, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Hœnheim is 90.9%, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). By results, schools here place #58 of 77 in Bas-Rhin.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège le RiedNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 70%−4 pts |
| Lycée Marc BlochNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 379 | 89%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Émile MathisBest against expectations: 19 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 275 | 78%+19 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Ages in Hœnheim split evenly at 43.1: half are older, half younger. Children under 15 make up 16%, close to both Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Hœnheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Hœnheim has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Hœnheim.
Lucien Halter: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hœnheim | 11,742 | — | C− | D− | B | C |
| Bischheim | 18,558 | 0.7 | D | D | C | C+ |
| Souffelweyersheim | 8,239 | 1 | C+ | D− | B | C |
| Schiltigheim | 34,708 | 1.3 | D | D | C+ | C− |
| Reichstett | 4,732 | 1.7 | C+ | D | C+ | B+ |
| Mundolsheim | 5,322 | 2.4 | B− | D | C+ | A− |
| Strasbourg | 293,771 | 3.2 | D | D− | C− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #40 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 66 burglaries and 76 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 47% of compared French towns and #58 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. 89% of 379 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Marc Bloch in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Hœnheim is a commune of 11,742 people in the Eurométropole de Strasbourg. 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.