Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,228 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Russ has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C): bac results 10 points below the expected rate; brevet results a point below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% 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.
Each subject compares Russ 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Russ 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, 3.2 mi away.
17% 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 Russ.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Russ comes below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€13.84/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Russ, that is below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 91 residents of Russ died, against 127 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
71.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Russ, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Haute BrucheNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 67 | 90%−1 pt |
| 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
Russ sits below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. 9.5% of residents are aged 15 to 24.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Russ | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
That puts Russ below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Russ has 300 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 10.3% 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
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Russ. Best known first.
Nothing in Russ 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 Russ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ | 1,228 | — | — | A | — | A |
| La Broque | 2,625 | 3.1 | D | C− | B | D− |
| Mutzig | 6,087 | 9.1 | B+ | C+ | B+ | C |
| Rosheim | 5,457 | 9.3 | A+ | C | A+ | B+ |
| Dorlisheim | 2,636 | 10 | A | C− | A | B− |
| Bischoffsheim | 3,342 | 10 | — | C | — | A− |
| Obernai | 12,587 | 11 | A | C− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Russ has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 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 26% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Russ is a commune of 1,228 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.