Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,056 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Schirmeck has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is safety (C−): an average of 14.8 recorded violent incidents and 13.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its strongest is walkability (A): 81% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% 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.
The 2 things Schirmeck does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Schirmeck 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’s list holds 1 historic monument in Schirmeck; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1999.
Wikidata records 3 people born in Schirmeck before 1900, the earliest Sébastien Remy, in 1854.
Explore the history →Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Schirmeck. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Schirmeck.
Unemployment stood at 11.2%, higher than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 21.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 1,800 jobs are based in Schirmeck, for 800 working residents (2.3 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €22,990 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schirmeck’s tally for 2025: 61 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (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crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 9.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Schirmeck, 71.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (92.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest general lycée is 12.3 mi away. A collège lies 0.9 mi away.
| 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 |
| Collège Frison RocheBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 101 | 87%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 14% of residents are under 15. 29% of residents are 65 or over, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Those aged 15 to 24 account for one in ten residents.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Schirmeck | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 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.
7 GPs practise in Schirmeck. Its two care homes for older people (90 places) count their residents as Schirmeck’s; allowing for them, deaths were 16% below expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 327 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 345, 5% more. Women in Bas-Rhin live to 85 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up just over a tenth of the total, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
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
Schirmeck has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Schirmeck.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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
Schirmeck is a commune of 2,056 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.