Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,850 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Holtzheim has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 50% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1 job per working resident; 6.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Holtzheim 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.
Holtzheim has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Holtzheim 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.
4.2% 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 Holtzheim.
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
6.7% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). 1,800 jobs are based in Holtzheim, for 1,850 working residents (1 per worker). At the census, 7.8% of working residents in Holtzheim went to work by public transport.
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Holtzheim’s deaths ran at 94 per 100 expected, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and higher than compared French towns (88). 396 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 359: 10% above. Average lifespans in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. The town has 2 family doctors.
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.
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.5% of residents. Line up the people of Holtzheim by age and the one in the middle is 44.1.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Holtzheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 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.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.1 mi off. On school results, the town ranks #48 of 77 in Bas-Rhin.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul WernertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 96%+3 pts |
| Collège GaliléeBest against expectations: 4 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 169 | 87%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Holtzheim was criminal damage (2025). The police record for Holtzheim lists 25 offenses in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 1.5 violent offenses and 5.7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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, 36.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Holtzheim. Best known first.
Nothing in Holtzheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Holtzheim.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holtzheim | 3,850 | — | — | D | — | C |
| Achenheim | 2,637 | 1.6 | — | D− | — | A |
| Entzheim | 2,544 | 1.7 | B+ | D− | B+ | A− |
| Oberschaeffolsheim | 2,597 | 1.9 | — | D | — | A− |
| Lingolsheim | 20,826 | 2.2 | C+ | D | B+ | B− |
| Wolfisheim | 4,217 | 2.3 | B+ | D | A+ | B− |
| Eckbolsheim | 7,157 | 2.6 | B+ | D | B− | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Holtzheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 55% of compared French towns and #48 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Holtzheim is a commune of 3,850 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.