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MussigBas-Rhin

A town of 1,111 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.

Is Mussig a good place to live?

Mussig 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 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

WeakestDHealth

How Mussig grades

Each subject compares Mussig 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.

How grading works

HealthDOpen →Jobs & income6.3% unemploymentB+Open →Cost of livingA year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 35% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunalityBOpen →Walkability96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workB−Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Nécropole de tumulus protohistorique
Nécropole de tumulus protohistorique · Classé · Photo: Hessemer Misele · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mussig’s story

Mussig in pictures

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

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1989.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1989First protected: Nécropole de tumulus protohistorique
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mussig.

HealthHealth D

Allowing for age and care homes, Mussig sees more deaths than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 111 per 100 expected

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

For Mussig, that is above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 111 residents of Mussig died, against 100 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

+11%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw111
Adjusted111
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Mussig · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
4.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

HousingCost of living B

The estimated advertised rent in Mussig is €11.52/m² a month, against €13.84/m² in Bas-Rhin’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns

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

€11.52/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mussig€11.52/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€11.52/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.97 to €14.81/m² a month)
€11.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Sélestat

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

History

Old homes shape Mussig: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns

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

Mussig sits above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Mussig: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Mussig is Nécropole de tumulus protohistorique.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Prehistory
oldest protected part
1989
first monument protected

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

Work & commuteJobs & income B+

Mussig is better off than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €30,100 a year per consumption unit

That puts Mussig above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970). 6.3% of the labour force are out of work.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
Public transport6%
Bicycle3%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Mussig, 0.3 per working resident
6.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,100
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 53% of compared French towns

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

Who lives here

Mussig has fewer young adults than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24

On this, Mussig is below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%).

47median age
MussigBas-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mussig
MussigBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–248.4%10%11%
25–4424%24%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+23%22%22%
No diploma17%18%19%
CAP or BEP34%29%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education30%32%30%

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mussig

11pages on Mussig

Landmarks

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

All monuments →
Photo credits

Nécropole de tumulus protohistorique: Photo: Hessemer Misele · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Mussig

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Mussig yet.

How we find them →

Mussig’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 →
SélestatHilsenheimMarckolsheimScherwillerChâtenoisRibeauvilléSélestatHilsenheimMarckolsheimScherwillerChâtenoisRibeauvilléMussig
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mussig1,111——B—D
Sélestat19,5893.9B−C+CC
Hilsenheim2,6044.5A+A−AB+
Marckolsheim4,3984.7ABB+C+
Scherwiller3,0996.1—B−—C
Châtenois4,2946.2ACAC+
Ribeauvillé Haut-Rhin4,6859.4AB−A−B−

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

Questions about Mussig

Is Mussig safe?

Mussig has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

About Mussig

Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est

Mussig is a commune of 1,111 people in the Communauté de communes de Sélestat. 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
1,111 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Sélestat
Département
Bas-Rhin (67)
Région
Grand Est
Area
4.6 sq mi (11.8 km²)
INSEE code
67310

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.