Sélestat grades B− overall: better than 54% of compared French towns, and #45 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its weakest subject is health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is walkability (A): 94% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 31% 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Sélestat 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sélestat.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
31.3% of commuters in Sélestat go to work without a car, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
The median disposable income was €25,480 a year per consumption unit, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Per resident in work, Sélestat counts 1.4 jobs (12,650 jobs, 8,850 workers). The unemployment rate comes to 11.2%.
31%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving65%
Public transport14%
On foot9%
Bicycle8%
Motorbike or scooter1%
12,650
jobs based in Sélestat, 1.4 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 94% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Sélestat than in Bas-Rhin or compared French towns: 18 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Sélestat is Église Sainte-Foy. The protected list starts in the 11th century. The Culture ministry lists 35 historic monuments here: 5 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 29 inscrit (the second level).
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Sélestat has a higher adjusted death rate than 70% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Sélestat records 95 deaths per 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,607 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,677, 4% more. In Bas-Rhin, women can expect to live 85 years and men 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Bas-Rhin town has 26 family doctors.
−5%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted95
Median town88
Expected100
26
GPs in Sélestat · 5.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
0.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Per resident, Sélestat sees more crime than 69% of compared French towns
More of the graded crimes in Sélestat were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 9.8 cases of violence against people and 16 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). The 2025 count: 606 offenses here.
9.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage249
Other physical violence92
Burglary77
Theft from vehicles77
Family violence65
Sexual violence30
Vehicle theft16
Theft without violence230
Drug use156
Fraud149
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.
9.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
606
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · For armed robbery, 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, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
A young town: 13% of people in Sélestat are 15 to 24, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns
A fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 14% of the population here. The median resident of Sélestat is 42.9 years old.
42.9median age
SélestatBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education32%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living C+
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Sélestat is €12.28/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.78/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.
€12.28/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Sélestat€12.28/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€12.28/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.56 to €15.78/m² a month)
€11.78/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,450
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Sélestat
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Sélestat’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Sélestat
Is Sélestat safe?
It grades C for safety, #59 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 77 burglaries and 249 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Sélestat good?
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns and #31 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. The lycée stands out: 100% of 333 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Docteur Koeberlé in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Sélestat
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Sélestat is a commune of 19,589 people in the Communauté de communes de Sélestat. 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
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.
