Lembach has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Lembach 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lembach.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Lembach than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.79/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.18/m² a month. 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.
€9.79/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Lembach€9.79/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€9.79/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.68 to €12.47/m² a month)
€9.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,960
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sauer-Pechelbronn
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Lembach sees more deaths than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 107 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
236 deaths in Lembach between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 180: 31% above. The nearest emergency department to Lembach is Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter, 7.1 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners in the town. Also worth knowing: in Bas-Rhin, life expectancy at birth reaches 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw131
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Lembach · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
7.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Lembach has fewer young adults than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9% are 15 to 24
Under-15s account for 14% of the population. 30% of residents are 65 or over, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 23% have a degree.
53median age
LembachBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP38%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Lembach has lower unemployment than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 6.7%
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how just over one in ten commuters travelled at the census. Per resident in work, Lembach counts 0.6 jobs (350 jobs, 650 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €26,920 a year per consumption unit, close to both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970).
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot7%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
350
jobs based in Lembach, 0.6 per working resident
6.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,920
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Lembach: 14% 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.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Lembach: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Ruines du château de Fleckenstein. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lembach
Is Lembach safe?
Lembach 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 4.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Lembach
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Lembach is a commune of 1,490 people in the Communauté de communes Sauer-Pechelbronn. 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
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.
