Seltz grades A+ overall: better than 95% of compared French towns, and #5 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 7 points above the expected rate.
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 Seltz 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Seltz records less crime per resident than 95% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 28 offenses in the graded categories in Seltz in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 6.5 (2023–2025 average). For other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 20.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
5.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Sexual violence11
Family violence9
Criminal damage8
Armed robbery0
Fraud18
Theft without violence12
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.
5.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
6.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
28
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
20.4%
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
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Seltz sees more deaths than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 105 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Seltz, that is above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 347 residents of Seltz died, against 271 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 28% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw128
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Seltz · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
12.5 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Seltz: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). 3.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Fewer people in Seltz are out of work than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.2%
Seltz sits below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Seltz has 1,150 jobs for 1,650 working residents, 0.7 per worker. At the census, 8.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot3%
Bicycle3%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,150
jobs based in Seltz, 0.7 per working resident
5.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 59% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Seltz
Is Seltz safe?
It grades A+ for safety, #12 of 62 in Bas-Rhin.
Are schools in Seltz good?
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns and #2 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Seltz
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Seltz is a commune of 3,204 people in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine du Rhin. 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.
