Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 2,251 residents, it is a town in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Where it does best is jobs & income — 0.3 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for cost of living, B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Schirrhein 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.
The 2 things Schirrhein does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Schirrhein 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.
Schirrhein has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Schirrhein as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour des Pêcheurs, in Haguenau, 5.2 mi away.
4.3% 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 Schirrhein.
Unemployment stood at 6.8%, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The census found 6.6% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Schirrhein didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.04/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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
166 deaths in Schirrhein between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 193: 14% below. Average lifespans in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 2 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
The share aged 15 to 24 is 9%. Ages in Schirrhein split evenly at 48.1: half are older, half younger. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, in line with Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Schirrhein | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Schirrhein is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Schirrhein.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schirrhein | 2,251 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder | 3,992 | 2.2 | B+ | C+ | A+ | C |
| Soufflenheim | 4,740 | 3.1 | A | A− | A+ | D |
| Bischwiller | 12,242 | 3.3 | C− | C+ | B− | C− |
| Drusenheim | 5,388 | 3.7 | A | C+ | A+ | C+ |
| Herrlisheim | 4,694 | 5 | A | C | A+ | C |
| Haguenau | 36,391 | 5.3 | B | C− | B− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Schirrhein has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.4 recorded violent incidents and 3.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Schirrhein is a commune of 2,251 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Haguenau. 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.