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SchleithalBas-Rhin

A town of 1,382 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.

Is Schleithal a good place to live?

Schleithal has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 62% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

What makes Schleithal stand out

The one thing Schleithal does most differently from other towns.

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How Schleithal grades

Each subject compares Schleithal 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 grading works

WalkabilityDOpen →HealthAfter allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns · less sure: likely between D and BCOpen →Jobs & income5.9% unemploymentB+Open →Cost of livingA year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunalityB+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

Schleithal’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Schleithal’s story

No historic monuments in Schleithal

The Culture ministry lists no building in Schleithal as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église catholique Saint-Ulrich, ou église d'Altenstadt, in Wissembourg, 4.3 mi away.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Schleithal.

Work & commuteJobs & income B+

Incomes in Schleithal run higher than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: a median €30,730 a year per consumption unit

For Schleithal, that is above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot0%
150
jobs based in Schleithal, 0.2 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 14% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth C

Schleithal’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 74% of compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

After the care-home adjustment, Schleithal’s deaths ran at 97 per 100 expected, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.

−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw97
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Schleithal · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

HousingCost of living B+

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Schleithal than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.26/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Schleithal sits below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€13.84/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€11.26/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Schleithal€11.26/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€11.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.94 to €14.18/m² a month)
€9.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,780
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Wissembourg

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Children make up only 13% of Schleithal, fewer than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Schleithal below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.2% of the town.

51.7median age
SchleithalBas-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Schleithal
SchleithalBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 1513%16%17%
15–248.2%10%11%
25–4420%24%23%
45–6431%28%26%
65+28%22%22%
No diploma23%18%19%
CAP or BEP34%29%26%
Baccalauréat17%17%18%
Higher education24%32%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes

Safety

Schleithal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Schleithal in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.

2.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Other physical violence0
Armed robbery0
Vehicle theft0

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.

2.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published

Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Schleithal

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Landmarks

Nothing in Schleithal is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Schleithal

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Schleithal yet.

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Schleithal’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Bas-Rhin →
WissembourgSeltzSoultz-sous-ForêtsBetschdorfSoufflenheimDrusenheimWissembourgSeltzSoultz-sous-ForêtsBetschdorfSoufflenheimDrusenheimSchleithal
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Schleithal1,382——B+—C
Wissembourg7,5665.2A−A−BB−
Seltz3,2047A+BA+D
Soultz-sous-Forêts3,1217.9—C+—D
Betschdorf4,2318.9AB+A+C
Soufflenheim4,74012AA−A+D
Drusenheim5,38816AC+A+C+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Schleithal

Is Schleithal safe?

Schleithal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

About Schleithal

Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est

Schleithal is a commune of 1,382 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Wissembourg. 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

Population
1,382 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Wissembourg
Département
Bas-Rhin (67)
Région
Grand Est
Area
3.5 sq mi (9.1 km²)
INSEE code
67451

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.