Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 5,864 people live in this town, in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
A well-rated place to live, with prices to match. Households here earn well: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. With an A− overall, La Wantzenau is better than 80% of compared French towns and ranks #26 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. The trade-off is cost of living: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 52% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools and B for health.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares La Wantzenau 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 one thing La Wantzenau does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in La Wantzenau; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2001.
La Wantzenau has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Moulin à huile: Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Wantzenau.
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
More of the graded crimes in La Wantzenau were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Its tally for 2025: 71 recorded offenses. Violence against people ran at 3.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 9.6 (2023–2025 average).
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 other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, 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, 6.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Unemployment stood at 4.8%, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Bus, tram or train carried nearly a tenth of working residents in La Wantzenau to work at the census. At the census, 5.0% of working residents in La Wantzenau didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #42 of 77 in Bas-Rhin on results. The nearest general lycée is 4.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André MalrauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 140 | 91%−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 protected list starts in the 17th century. 6.4% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.5%, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Those 65 and older account for 25% of residents. Children under 15 make up 16% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| La Wantzenau | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 8.9% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 48% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 596 deaths in La Wantzenau from 2016 to 2025; there were 550, 8% fewer. In Bas-Rhin, women can expect to live 85 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Bas-Rhin town has 8 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Heritage and museums in and near La Wantzenau. Best known first.
MuseumMM Park Francein townFortFortOuvrage Neuf-Empertin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Cour d'Angleterre3.8 km southwest, in BischheimFortFortFort Ney3.3 km southwest, in StrasbourgFortFortOuvrage Ney-Rapp4.5 km southwest, in ReichstettPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm La Wantzenau as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
La Wantzenau is a commune of 5,864 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Wantzenau | 5,864 | — | A− | D− | A | B |
| Kilstett | 2,607 | 1.7 | — | C | — | B+ |
| Hœrdt | 4,570 | 3.2 | A+ | C− | A+ | B− |
| Gambsheim | 5,312 | 3.3 | A | C− | A+ | C |
| Reichstett | 4,732 | 3.7 | C+ | D | C+ | B+ |
| Weyersheim | 3,512 | 4 | A | C | A+ | C− |
| Hœnheim | 11,742 | 4.1 | C− | D− | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #19 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 31 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B, better than 65% of compared French towns and #42 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.