Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,853 people, lies in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Schnersheim’s schools beat most: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. The weak point is walkability: nearly three in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Just 14% of residents are 65 or older.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Schnersheim 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 Schnersheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Schnersheim 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.
Schnersheim 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 Schnersheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église catholique Saint-Jacques-le-majeur, in Kuttolsheim, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Schnersheim.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège KochersbergNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 141 | 97%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%. 21% are under 15, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Schnersheim has a median age of 40.8.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Schnersheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 14% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.9% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 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.
There are 3 general practitioners in Schnersheim. The nearest emergency department to Schnersheim is Hopital de Hautepierre, 8.1 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 74 residents of Schnersheim died, against 100 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Bas-Rhin is 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A+.
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
At the census, 7.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 4.2% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Schnersheim. Best known first.
Nothing in Schnersheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Schnersheim as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schnersheim | 1,853 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Truchtersheim | 4,398 | 2.2 | A+ | B+ | A | C |
| Berstett | 2,517 | 3.9 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Marlenheim | 4,185 | 4.1 | A | C− | A+ | B |
| Wasselonne | 5,780 | 5.6 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
| Lampertheim | 3,457 | 6.1 | B+ | D− | A− | A |
| Achenheim | 2,637 | 6.2 | — | D− | — | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Schnersheim 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 3.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Schnersheim is a commune of 1,853 people in the Communauté de communes du Kochersberg. 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 November 4, 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.