Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,357 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Valff 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 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is schools (A−): bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 2.7 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Valff 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Valff, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 1932.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Valff.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Valff records 102 deaths per 100 expected, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Valff comes above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège EuropeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 98%+3 pts |
| Lycée Édouard SchuréNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 142 | 96%−1 pt |
| Collège du Torenberg-HeiligensteinBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 80 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Valff, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
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
For Valff, that is below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Valff | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Valff sits below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (17.8%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Valff has 350 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.5 per worker. 7.2% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Valff. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Valff, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Église Saint-Blaise: Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Sainte-Marguerite: Photo: © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Valff yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valff | 1,357 | — | — | C+ | — | C− |
| Obernai | 12,587 | 3.2 | A | C− | B | B+ |
| Barr | 7,057 | 3.4 | B | C | B+ | B− |
| Bischoffsheim | 3,342 | 4.6 | — | C | — | A− |
| Benfeld | 5,973 | 4.9 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
| Huttenheim | 2,735 | 5 | A− | C | B+ | C+ |
| Rosheim | 5,457 | 5.7 | A+ | C | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Valff has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Valff is a commune of 1,357 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Barr. 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.
