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A town of 1,808 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Sundhouse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is schools (A): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Sundhouse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Immeuble Boegler, in Baldenheim, 3.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sundhouse.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Grand RiedNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 119 | 96%+3 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
At the census, 12.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Sundhouse counts 0.5 jobs (450 jobs, 900 workers). The unemployment rate comes to 7.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
16% of residents have reached 65. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Among adults, 25% have a degree.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Sundhouse | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 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.
At birth, a girl in Bas-Rhin can expect 85 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 103 deaths in Sundhouse between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 113: 8% below. The nearest emergency department to Sundhouse is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 7.9 mi away. There are 3 general practitioners here.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Among the graded crimes in Sundhouse, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). The town’s tally for 2025: 20 recorded offenses. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.4 violent offenses and 6.3 graded property crimes a year.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 37.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Sundhouse 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 Sundhouse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundhouse | 1,808 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Hilsenheim | 2,604 | 3.2 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Marckolsheim | 4,398 | 6.7 | A | B | B+ | C+ |
| Rhinau | 2,723 | 6.8 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Sélestat | 19,589 | 7.1 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Huttenheim | 2,735 | 7.8 | A− | C | B+ | C+ |
| Benfeld | 5,973 | 8.3 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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
Sundhouse is a commune of 1,808 people in the Communauté de communes du Ried de Marckolsheim. 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.