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This town in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est has a population of 1,180.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 4.8% unemployment. Its weakest is health (C) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for cost of living and C+ for walkability. School results trail most towns (C): brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Romanswiller 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 Romanswiller 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.
Romanswiller has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Romanswiller as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges des anciennes fortifications, in Westhoffen, 3.3 mi away.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Romanswiller. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Romanswiller.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Romanswiller is Centre hospitalier Sainte Catherine de Saverne, 7.5 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88) alike. France’s death rates at each age would predict 105 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 102, 3% 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Romanswiller, 89.0% passed the brevet, about level with compared French towns (87.5%) and below Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.8 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel PagnolNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 109 | 89%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €29,810 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970). 12.1% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
24% of residents are 65 or over, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Residents of Romanswiller have a median age of 50.8. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Romanswiller | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.68/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
Nothing in Romanswiller is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Romanswiller as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanswiller | 1,180 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Wasselonne | 5,780 | 1.9 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
| Marmoutier | 2,699 | 3.5 | A | B+ | A | D |
| Marlenheim | 4,185 | 4.4 | A | C− | A+ | B |
| Saverne | 11,460 | 6.9 | C+ | B− | D | D |
| Mutzig | 6,087 | 7.7 | B+ | C+ | B+ | C |
| Dettwiller | 2,558 | 8.3 | — | B− | — | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Romanswiller has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Romanswiller is a commune of 1,180 people in the Communauté de communes de la Mossig et du Vignoble. 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.