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LalayeBas-Rhin

A town of 481 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.

Population

481

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€11.18

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Median income

€27,830

a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970

Walk, cycle, transit

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Lalaye a good place to live?

Lalaye is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. A third of homes here are second homes.

What makes Lalaye stand out

The one thing Lalaye does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

33% are second homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Puits de la mine Haus Österreich · Classé · Photo: A.BourgeoisP · CC BY-SA 4.0

Lalaye’s story

Lalaye in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Lalaye: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1997.

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Émile Béron, born in 1896, is the one person born in Lalaye before 1900 that Wikidata records.

1997First protected: Puits de la mine Haus Österreich

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lalaye.

History

Old homes shape Lalaye: 24% were built before 1919, more than in both Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Lalaye is Puits de la mine Haus Österreich. Its heritage reaches back to the 16th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Puits de la mine Haus Österreich 16th & 18th c.

16th c.

oldest protected part

1997

first monument protected

Full pageLalaye’s history pageOpen the page

Age of homes24% built before 1919 · Older homes Map1 historic monument Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Lalaye?”

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Lalaye has fewer young adults than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 6.6% are 15 to 24

Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. Degrees are held by 38% of adults, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Lalaye in two is 51.7.

51.7median age

LalayeBas-Rhin medianFrance median

Bas-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

24%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%

CAP or BEP30%

Baccalauréat13%

Higher education38%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lalaye
	Lalaye	Bas-Rhin median	France median
Under 15	14%	16%	17%
15–24	6.6%	10%	11%
25–44	20%	24%	23%
45–64	36%	28%	26%
65+	24%	22%	22%
No diploma	17%	18%	19%
CAP or BEP	30%	29%	26%
Baccalauréat	13%	17%	18%
Higher education	38%	32%	30%

Full pageLalaye’s Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages51.7 median age · 24% are 65 or over Households230 households · 2.1 people per household Born abroad2.9% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Lalaye?”

INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Lalaye than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 8.7%

50 jobs are based in Lalaye, for 200 working residents (0.2 per worker). Half of residents lived on more than €27,830 a year per consumption unit, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). 5.1% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%

Public transport4%

On foot2%

Bicycle2%

Motorbike or scooter0%

jobs based in Lalaye, 0.2 per working resident

8.3%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

€27,830

median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970

worked without traveling (at or from home)

Full pageLalaye’s work & commute pageOpen the page

Getting to work9% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here50 jobs based here · 0.2 per working resident Median income€27,830 a year · Median income per consumption unit

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

92.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest collège is 2.1 mi off. General-bac pupils go 9.9 mi to the nearest lycée.

92.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Lalaye92.0%

Median of towns87.5%

School	Level	Candidates	Passed, 2025
Collège du KlosterwaldNearest collègeCollège	Collège	105	92%−2 pts

92.0%

passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate

2.1 mi

to the nearest collège from the town center

Full pageLalaye’s schools pageOpen the page

Collèges92.0% passed the brevet · One collège within 5 km

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lalaye than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.18/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

€11.18/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lalaye€11.18/m²

Median of towns€12.41/m²

Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²

€11.18/m²

estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.94 to €13.98/m² a month)

€9.52/m²

estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Full pageLalaye’s cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€11.18/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lalaye

12pages on Lalaye

The big questions

SchoolsOne collèges and 0 lycées within 5 km Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 9.7 mi away Work & commute50 jobs based here Flood & hazards

Out and about

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The story

Who lives hereMedian age 51.7 History1 historic monument Town HallFamous peopleOne notable person born here

Landmarks

Lalaye has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →

Puits de la mine Haus ÖsterreichMine · 16th & 18th c.

Classé

Ruines du château BilsteinChâteau · 12th & 13th c. · in Urbeis, 1.5 mi

Classé

Ruines du château du FrankenbourgChâteau · 12th c. · in Neubois, 4.3 mi

Classé

Château de ThanvilléChâteau · 16th–18th c. · in Thanvillé, 4.3 mi

Photo credits

Puits de la mine Haus Österreich: Photo: A.BourgeoisP · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Lalaye

One notable person was born in Lalaye.

Their page →

Émile BéronFrench politician (1896–1966)

Lalaye’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Bas-Rhin →

Sainte-Marie-aux-MinesChâtenoisScherwillerLa BroqueRibeauvilléBarrLalaye

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Lalaye	481	—	—	—	—	—
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Haut-Rhin	4,851	7	A	A	B⁺	C
Châtenois	4,294	8	A	C	A	C⁺
Scherwiller	3,099	8.4	—	B⁻	—	C
La Broque	2,625	9.6	D	C⁻	B	D⁻
Ribeauvillé Haut-Rhin	4,685	10	A	B⁻	A⁻	B⁻
Barr	7,057	10	B	C	B⁺	B⁻

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Lalaye

Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est

Lalaye is a commune of 481 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Villé. 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

Population: 481 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Villé
Département: Bas-Rhin (67)
Région: Grand Est
Area: 3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²)
INSEE code: 67255

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.