Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,471 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Rothau has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 13.4% unemployment. Its strongest is walkability (A): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% 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.
Each subject compares Rothau 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 Rothau as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien camp concentrationnaire de Natzweiler-Struthof, actuellement musée des Déportés, in Natzwiller, 2.2 mi away.
28% 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 Rothau.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Rothau is Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges site Saint Die des Vosge, 16.2 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 189 residents of Rothau died, against 165 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. Average lifespans in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 3 GPs practise 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 adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Half of residents lived on more than €23,770 a year per consumption unit, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. At the census, 10.3% of working residents in Rothau went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11.9 mi away. Near Rothau, 88.2% of collège pupils passed the brevet, lower than Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and near compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Frison RocheNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 87%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Haute BrucheNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 21 | 71%−10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.93/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
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Half of Rothau is older than 48.5, half younger. Retirement age and beyond: 24% of residents are 65 or older.
52% women, 48% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Rothau | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 41% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Rothau. Best known first.
Nothing in Rothau is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Rothau.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Rothau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 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 27% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Rothau is a commune of 1,471 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Bruche. 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.