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A town of 2,290 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Muttersholtz has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is walkability (A): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 16% 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 one thing Muttersholtz does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Muttersholtz 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 Muttersholtz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église protestante (ancienne église catholique), in Baldenheim, 2.1 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Muttersholtz.
Per resident in work, Muttersholtz counts 0.6 jobs (650 jobs, 1,100 workers). No commute at all: 3.6% of working residents here at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €27,370 a year per consumption unit, close to Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and above compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
People 65 and over make up 17% of the town, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Typical age in Muttersholtz: 40.5, the median. 32% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Bas-Rhin 32%, France 30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Muttersholtz | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 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.
After the care-home adjustment, Muttersholtz’s deaths ran at 96 per 100 expected, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 142 residents of Muttersholtz died, against 148 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. Average lifespans in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. 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.
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
Recorded offenses in Muttersholtz came to 16 in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 2.8 violent offenses and 6 graded property crimes a year. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (2025).
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (48.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Muttersholtz is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Muttersholtz.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muttersholtz | 2,290 | — | — | B | — | C |
| Hilsenheim | 2,604 | 1.8 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Sélestat | 19,589 | 4 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Scherwiller | 3,099 | 5.5 | — | B− | — | C |
| Châtenois | 4,294 | 6.2 | A | C | A | C+ |
| Huttenheim | 2,735 | 6.8 | A− | C | B+ | C+ |
| Marckolsheim | 4,398 | 7.2 | A | B | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Muttersholtz has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Muttersholtz is a commune of 2,290 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
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.