Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 20,826 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Lingolsheim grades C+ overall: better than 39% of compared French towns, and #54 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 51% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 31% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Lingolsheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Lingolsheim 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 Culture ministry lists no building in Lingolsheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église protestante Sainte-Aurélie, in Strasbourg, 2.6 mi away.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Lingolsheim. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lingolsheim.
Unemployment stood at 11.8%, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 30.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Jobs located in Lingolsheim: 4,300, for 9,000 residents in work (0.5 each). Households’ median disposable income: €24,520 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €14.45/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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Lingolsheim were criminal damage than anything else (2025). All told, Lingolsheim had 409 recorded offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.1 cases of violence against people and 11.2 graded property crimes (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 armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children under 15 make up 18% of residents. Also worth knowing: among adults, 34% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Lingolsheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 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 1,598 deaths in Lingolsheim from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,538, 4% fewer. At birth, a girl in Bas-Rhin can expect 85 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 22 GPs practise locally.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Lingolsheim, 89.2% passed the bac, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #51 of 77 in Bas-Rhin on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maxime AlexandreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 149 | 78%±0 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Marcel RudloffNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 289 | 92%±0 pts |
| Collège ÉrasmeBest against expectations: 21 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 81 | 91%+21 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Lingolsheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Lingolsheim as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingolsheim | 20,826 | — | C+ | D | B+ | B− |
| Ostwald | 13,946 | 1.2 | D | D− | B− | C |
| Eckbolsheim | 7,157 | 1.5 | B+ | D | B− | A |
| Wolfisheim | 4,217 | 2.2 | B+ | D | A+ | B− |
| Holtzheim | 3,850 | 2.2 | — | D | — | C |
| Illkirch-Graffenstaden | 27,872 | 2.6 | C+ | D− | C+ | B |
| Oberschaeffolsheim | 2,597 | 2.6 | — | D | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #30 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 44 burglaries and 139 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #51 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. 92% of 289 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Marcel Rudloff in 2025, at 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
Lingolsheim is a commune of 20,826 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
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.