Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,570 residents, it is a town in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
School results are strong (A): bac results 0.7 points above the expected rate; brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. Health is its weak spot (C−). Cost of living is weaker too (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over two fifths of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Meistratzheim 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 Meistratzheim 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.
Meistratzheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Meistratzheim counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1924.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Meistratzheim.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Meistratzheim, 95.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The closest collège is 2.2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège EuropeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 98%+3 pts |
| Lycée FreppelNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 174 | 99%±0 pts |
| Collège FreppelBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 112 | 95%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Meistratzheim records 100 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 114 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 114, about as many. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Meistratzheim is Hopital de Hautepierre, 12.5 mi away. This Bas-Rhin town has 2 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €12.49/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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Among the classé monuments in Meistratzheim is Ancienne église catholique Saint-André, dite chapelle du cimetière. Homes from before 1919 make up nearly a tenth of the total.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Meistratzheim has a median age of 43.8. Children are 17% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Meistratzheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €29,200 a year per consumption unit, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. The census found 6.9% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Meistratzheim. Best known first.
Meistratzheim has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancienne église catholique Saint-André, dite chapelle du cimetière: Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Meistratzheim yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meistratzheim | 1,570 | — | — | C | — | C− |
| Obernai | 12,587 | 2.8 | A | C− | B | B+ |
| Bischoffsheim | 3,342 | 3.5 | — | C | — | A− |
| Rosheim | 5,457 | 4.8 | A+ | C | A+ | B+ |
| Barr | 7,057 | 5.3 | B | C | B+ | B− |
| Duttlenheim | 3,011 | 5.5 | — | C+ | — | C |
| Benfeld | 5,973 | 5.9 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Meistratzheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 8.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns. 99% of 174 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Freppel 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
Meistratzheim is a commune of 1,570 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Sainte-Odile. 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.