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A town in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, home to 1,487 people.
Homes are affordable (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is nearly a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Most journeys need a car: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: 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. Keskastel 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.
Each subject compares Keskastel 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.
Keskastel 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 Keskastel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église protestante, in Harskirchen, 2.6 mi away.
13% 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 Keskastel.
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Keskastel records 102 deaths per 100 expected, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 130 residents of Keskastel died, against 128 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. The nearest emergency department to Keskastel is Hopital Robert Pax de Sarreguemines, 9.2 mi away. At birth, a girl in Bas-Rhin can expect 85 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert DoisneauNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 110 | 89%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Georges ImbertNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 70 | 100%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €25,690 a year per consumption unit, lower than Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and near compared French towns (€25,970). 400 jobs are based in Keskastel, for 650 working residents (0.6 per worker). No commute at all: 4.0% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16%, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Half of Keskastel is older than 47.2, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Keskastel | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Keskastel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Keskastel.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keskastel | 1,487 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Sarralbe Moselle | 4,364 | 1.9 | B− | A− | B+ | D |
| Sarre-Union | 2,731 | 3 | B+ | A+ | C− | D |
| Hambach Moselle | 2,766 | 6.5 | — | A− | — | C− |
| Woustviller Moselle | 2,786 | 7.4 | — | A− | — | D |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs Moselle | 3,016 | 7.9 | — | A− | — | D |
| Sarreguemines Moselle | 20,143 | 9.8 | C+ | B+ | C | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Keskastel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 70 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Georges Imbert in 2025, 3 points above 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
Keskastel is a commune of 1,487 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Alsace Bossue. 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 November 4, 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.