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A town of 1,639 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Westhouse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 41% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is schools (A−): brevet results 0.9 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Westhouse does most differently from other towns.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Westhouse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église catholique Saint-André, dite chapelle du cimetière, in Meistratzheim, 4 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Westhouse.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Westhouse, 92.3% of collège pupils passed the brevet, about level with Bas-Rhin’s towns (90.8%) and above compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest collège is 1.6 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Saint-Joseph PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 91 | 98%+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
The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of residents, close to Bas-Rhin’s towns (10%) and below compared French towns (11%). At 43.5, the median resident of Westhouse sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Westhouse | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 93 residents of Westhouse died, against 112 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 17% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Westhouse is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 11.7 mi away. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Bas-Rhin is 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
6.8% of the labour force were unemployed, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (8.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Westhouse has 150 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.2 per worker. At the census, 13.2% of commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Westhouse. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Würth France Erstein3.8 km northeast, in ErsteinChâteauChâteauChâteau de Werde3.9 km east, in MatzenheimChâteauChâteauChâteau des Zorn de Bulach3.9 km east, in OsthouseMuseumMuseumMusée de Benfeld3.2 km south, in BenfeldPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Westhouse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Westhouse yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Westhouse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.3 recorded violent incidents and 3.9 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 78% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Westhouse is a commune of 1,639 people in the Communauté de communes du Canton d'Erstein. 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.