Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 1,309 residents in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Schools are its strong suit (A−): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 4.6 points above the expected rate. Households here earn well: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for cost of living, B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Otterswiller 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 Otterswiller 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.
Otterswiller 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 Otterswiller as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité, in Saverne, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Otterswiller. Best known first.
MuseumMusée du Patrimoine et du Judaïsme alsacien4 km south, in Marmoutier
AttractionVitsgrotte3.7 km west, in SaverneAttractionAttractionChâteau du Haut-Barr2.5 km west, in SaverneChâteauChâteauChâteau des Rohan de Saverne1.9 km north, in SaverneAttractionAttractionChâteau du Petit-Geroldseck3.3 km southwest, in HaegenPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Otterswiller.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 86% of 141 candidates passed the bac pro. The nearest collège is 0.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Les SourcesNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 84 | 93%+8 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent du Haut-BarrNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 154 | 99%+1 pt |
| Collège PoincaréBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 105 | 93%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 26% of residents are 65 or older. 37% of adults hold a degree, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Otterswiller in two is 49.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Otterswiller | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 122 deaths in Otterswiller from 2016 to 2025; there were 103, 16% fewer. Women in Bas-Rhin live to 85 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 2 general practitioners locally.
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 care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
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
Unemployment runs at 7.3%. 13.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with compared French towns (13.4%) and below Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%). At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Otterswiller didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.7 cases of violence against people and 4.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Sexual violence topped the graded crimes in Otterswiller (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 · For family violence, other physical violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.
Nothing in Otterswiller is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Otterswiller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterswiller | 1,309 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Saverne | 11,460 | 1.1 | C+ | B− | D | D |
| Marmoutier | 2,699 | 2.4 | A | B+ | A | D |
| Dettwiller | 2,558 | 4.8 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Phalsbourg Moselle | 4,688 | 5.7 | B+ | B+ | B | C |
| Wasselonne | 5,780 | 6.9 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
| Bouxwiller | 3,754 | 8.1 | A | B | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Otterswiller has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 83% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 154 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent du Haut-Barr in 2025, a point above 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
Otterswiller is a commune of 1,309 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 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.