Surbourg’s strongest is schools: bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4.6 points above the expected rate. Health is a weak point (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.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Surbourg 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.
Each subject compares Surbourg 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 Surbourg.
Schools
Bac results near Surbourg run high: 100.0% passed, above Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The brevet pass rate near Surbourg is 95.5%, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For collège, the closest is 2.6 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 84 candidates passed the bac, 2 points above the expected rate.
100%passed the bac (general and technological)A+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Surbourg 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.
135 deaths in Surbourg between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 128: 5% above. The nearest emergency department to Surbourg is Centre hospitalier de Haguenau, 8.2 mi away. 4 GPs practise in the town. Life expectancy in Bas-Rhin: 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw105
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Surbourg · 5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Haguenau
8.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Haguenau
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Renting in Surbourg costs less than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.99/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.21/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.
€10.99/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Surbourg€10.99/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€10.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.64 to €13.98/m² a month)
€11.21/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€28,170
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de l'Outre-Forêt
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Surbourg are 15 to 24: 8.3%, fewer than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
Under 15: 18% of residents. People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. 29% of adults hold a degree.
44.5median age
SurbourgBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
20%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 105 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
History
Surbourg keeps more of its old housing than Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 12% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Surbourg is Ancienne collégiale Saint-Arbogast. This Bas-Rhin town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Unemployment in Surbourg, 5.7%, runs below Bas-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,970 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Surbourg counts 0.4 jobs (350 jobs, 800 workers). Nearly one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport4%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Surbourg, 0.4 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,970
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 52% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Surbourg
Is Surbourg safe?
Surbourg has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 4.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Surbourg good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Surbourg
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Surbourg is a commune of 1,733 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Outre-Forêt. 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.
