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A town of 2,342 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Sessenheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is schools (B+): brevet results at the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Sessenheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sessenheim 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 TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sessenheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Unité de production potière de grès au sel - atelier Wingerter-Ruhlmann, in Betschdorf, 8.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sessenheim.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Sessenheim is Centre hospitalier de Haguenau, 9.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 182 residents of Sessenheim died, against 170 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% more. In Bas-Rhin, life expectancy at birth reaches 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 6.6 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 2.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du RhinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 108 | 91%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
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
28% of adults hold a degree, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for nearly a tenth of the town. Over-65s are 19% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Sessenheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
7.1% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 9.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per resident in work, Sessenheim counts 0.3 jobs (350 jobs, 1,150 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Sessenheim. Best known first.
Nothing in Sessenheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Sessenheim.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessenheim | 2,342 | — | — | C | — | D |
| Soufflenheim | 4,740 | 2.7 | A | A− | A+ | D |
| Drusenheim | 5,388 | 2.7 | A | C+ | A+ | C+ |
| Oberhoffen-sur-Moder | 3,992 | 5.7 | B+ | C+ | A+ | C |
| Herrlisheim | 4,694 | 6 | A | C | A+ | C |
| Bischwiller | 12,242 | 6.4 | C− | C+ | B− | C− |
| Betschdorf | 4,231 | 8.1 | A | B+ | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sessenheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Sessenheim is a commune of 2,342 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Rhénan. 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.