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A town of 1,620 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.

Is Ottrott a good place to live?

Ottrott has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 26% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.

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

How Ottrott grades

Each subject compares Ottrott 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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Mur païen
Mur païen · Classé · Photo: Dietrich Krieger · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ottrott’s story

Ottrott in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Ottrott: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory, and the first monument here was protected in 1840, on France’s very first list.

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

Théodore de Dartein, born in 1852, is the one person born in Ottrott before 1900 that Wikidata records.

  • 1840First protected: Monastère de Sainte-Odile, au Mont-Saint-Odile
  • 2025Most recently protected: Ruines du château de Rathsamhausen
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Nearby attractions

Mont Sainte-Odile and 34 more in and around Ottrott

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Ottrott. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ottrott.

HousingCost of living A+

Renting in Ottrott costs less than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.46/m² a month

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

Ottrott sits below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€13.84/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€9.46/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ottrott€9.46/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€9.46/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.54 to €11.85/m² a month)
€12.85/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€31,080
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Portes de Rosheim

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

Schools

95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

99.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Ottrott, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

99%passed the bac (general and technological)ASchool Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ottrott95.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Ottrott99.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège FreppelNearest collègeCollègeCollège11295%+3 pts
Lycée FreppelNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée17499%±0 pts
99%
passed the general and technological bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
95.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3 pts against the expected rate
3.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth A−

Allowing for age and care homes, Ottrott sees fewer deaths than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 76 per 100 expected

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

That puts Ottrott below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.

−24%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw76
Adjusted76
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Ottrott · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
13.6 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

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Ottrott is better off than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €32,800 a year per consumption unit

On this, Ottrott is above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970). 5.3% of the labour force are out of work. Ottrott has 350 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.5 per worker.

14%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving79%
Public transport6%
On foot5%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Ottrott, 0.5 per working resident
5.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,800
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 71% of compared French towns

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

Who lives here

Few people in Ottrott are 15 to 24: 7.8%, fewer than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Ottrott comes below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 14% of the population.

50.6median age
OttrottBas-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma9%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education42%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ottrott
OttrottBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 1514%16%17%
15–247.8%10%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6430%28%26%
65+26%22%22%
No diploma8.9%18%19%
CAP or BEP29%29%26%
Baccalauréat18%17%18%
Higher education42%32%30%

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

History

Ottrott is rich in protected monuments: 62 per 10,000 residents, more than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns

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

For Ottrott, that is above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (3.9) and compared French towns (2.5). The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Ottrott: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Ottrott is Mur païen.

10historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé4
Inscrit6
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1840
first monument protected
15%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%
62
monuments per 10,000 residents · median town 2.5

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

Safety

Ottrott has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Police and gendarmerie recorded 29 offenses in the graded categories in Ottrott in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 37.7% of the index here.

3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Theft from vehicles20
Criminal damage9
Other physical violence0
Armed robbery0
Fraud9

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.

3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
29
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
37.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ottrott

13pages on Ottrott

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments in Ottrott: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 6 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Monastère de Sainte-Odile, au Mont-Saint-Odile: Photo: Ian Coates from Wales · CC0 · Ruines du château de Birkenfels: Photo: Richieman · Public domain · Chapelle Saint-Nicolas: Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Ottrott

One notable person was born in Ottrott.

Their page →

Ottrott’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 →
ObernaiRosheimBischoffsheimBarrDorlisheimMutzigObernaiRosheimBischoffsheimBarrDorlisheimMutzigOttrott
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ottrott1,620——A+—A−
Obernai12,5873AC−BB+
Rosheim5,4573.3A+CA+B+
Bischoffsheim3,3423.7—C—A−
Barr7,0573.9BCB+B−
Dorlisheim2,6365.4AC−AB−
Mutzig6,0875.6B+C+B+C

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

Questions about Ottrott

Is Ottrott safe?

Ottrott has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 12.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Ottrott good?

They grade A, better than 87% of compared French towns. 99% of 174 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Freppel in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

About Ottrott

Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est

Ottrott is a commune of 1,620 people in the Communauté de communes des Portes de Rosheim. 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
1,620 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Portes de Rosheim
Département
Bas-Rhin (67)
Région
Grand Est
Area
11.3 sq mi (29.3 km²)
INSEE code
67368

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.