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The town, home to 1,995 people, lies in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It has 1,650 jobs for 850 working residents.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Monswiller 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.
The one thing Monswiller does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Monswiller 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.
Monswiller has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Monswiller as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château des Rohan, in Saverne, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Monswiller. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Monswiller.
At the census, 3.0% of working residents in Monswiller didn’t travel to work at all. Also worth knowing: the median disposable income was €26,170 a year per consumption unit, lower than Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and near compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
Near Monswiller, 94.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Collège pupils travel 1.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège PoincaréNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 93%+3 pts |
| Lycée Général LeclercNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 240 | 97%±0 pts |
| Collège Les SourcesBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 84 | 93%+8 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.
Life expectancy at birth in Bas-Rhin is 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. After the care-home adjustment, Monswiller’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). 191 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 187: 2% above.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Degrees are held by 27% of adults, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Nearly a quarter of residents have reached 65. The median resident of Monswiller is 47.4 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Monswiller | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
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
Nothing in Monswiller is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Monswiller.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monswiller | 1,995 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Saverne | 11,460 | 1.2 | C+ | B− | D | D |
| Dettwiller | 2,558 | 4 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Marmoutier | 2,699 | 4.4 | A | B+ | A | D |
| Phalsbourg Moselle | 4,688 | 5.5 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Bouxwiller | 3,754 | 6.3 | A | B | B+ | C |
| Wasselonne | 5,780 | 8.6 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Monswiller has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 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 83% of compared French towns. 97% of 240 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Général Leclerc 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
Monswiller is a commune of 1,995 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Saverne. 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.