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A town of 1,404 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Oberbronn 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 8% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Oberbronn 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’s list holds 3 historic monuments in Oberbronn; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 15th century; the first monument here was protected in 1923.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Other places to visit and museums in and near Oberbronn. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du fer de Reichshoffen4.3 km east, in ReichshoffenAttractionAttractionWasenkoepfelin townAttractionAttractionChâteau du Wasenbourg2.3 km north, in Niederbronn-les-BainsArt galleryArt galleryMaison de l'archéologie de Niederbronn-les-Bains3.2 km east, in Niederbronn-les-BainsMuseumMuseumMaison de l'Archéologie des Vosges du Nord3.2 km east, in Niederbronn-les-BainsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oberbronn.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.8 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles MunchNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 83 | 77%−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.
In Bas-Rhin, women can expect to live 85 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 260 residents of Oberbronn died, against 190 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% more. The nearest emergency department to Oberbronn is Hopital St Joseph Bitche Ch Robert Pax, 11.1 mi away. One GP practises in the town.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
9.8% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 28% of the town. Graduates make up nearly a quarter of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Oberbronn | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
2 of the 3 are houses and mansions. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 15th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment runs at 7.0%. Half of residents lived on more than €27,550 a year per consumption unit, about level with Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and above compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 2.4% of working residents in Oberbronn to work at the census.
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.
A house rents for an estimated €9.18/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
The list names few of Oberbronn’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église mixte d'Oberbronn: Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Oberbronn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberbronn | 1,404 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Niederbronn-les-Bains | 4,347 | 1.8 | B | B | A− | C+ |
| Reichshoffen | 5,418 | 2.7 | B− | B− | A | C− |
| Gundershoffen | 3,834 | 3.7 | A− | B+ | A+ | D |
| Mertzwiller | 3,343 | 6.3 | — | B− | — | D |
| Val-de-Moder | 5,102 | 6.5 | B | B | A+ | D |
| Ingwiller | 3,995 | 7.5 | B | C+ | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Oberbronn has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Oberbronn is a commune of 1,404 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Niederbronn-les-Bains. 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.