Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,255 residents, it is a town in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Kertzfeld’s strongest is schools — brevet results 0.9 points above the expected rate. The weak point is cost of living (C+) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 38% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Kertzfeld has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Kertzfeld does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Kertzfeld 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.
Kertzfeld has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Kertzfeld as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Marguerite, in Epfig, 4.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kertzfeld.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
92.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Kertzfeld, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and higher than compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 4.9 mi away. A collège lies 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 221 | 90%±0 pts |
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 91 | 98%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · 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
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Ages in Kertzfeld split evenly at 47.6: half are older, half younger. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Kertzfeld | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €29,170 a year per consumption unit, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Per resident in work, Kertzfeld counts 0.2 jobs (150 jobs, 600 workers). Bus, tram or train carried 9.0% of working residents in Kertzfeld to work 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.
86 deaths in Kertzfeld between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 97: 12% below. The nearest emergency department to Kertzfeld is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 10.1 mi away. Average lifespans in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.4 violent offenses and 3.5 graded property crimes a year. The commonest graded crime in Kertzfeld was armed robbery (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.
Nothing in Kertzfeld 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 Kertzfeld 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kertzfeld | 1,255 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Benfeld | 5,973 | 1.4 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
| Huttenheim | 2,735 | 1.4 | A− | C | B+ | C+ |
| Erstein | 10,790 | 5.5 | B− | C+ | C | D |
| Barr | 7,057 | 5.7 | B | C | B+ | B− |
| Gerstheim | 3,490 | 6.3 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Hilsenheim | 2,604 | 6.4 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Kertzfeld has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 78% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Kertzfeld is a commune of 1,255 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.