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A town of 1,057 in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est.
Willgottheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.8% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Willgottheim 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 1 historic monument in Willgottheim: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1900.
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 Willgottheim.
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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Willgottheim sits above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (7.4%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Willgottheim: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
That puts Willgottheim above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 5.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 192 residents of Willgottheim died, against 144 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 33% more. Its care home for older people (62 places) counts its residents as Willgottheim’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
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
On this, Willgottheim is below both Bas-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 12% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Willgottheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in the graded categories in Willgottheim in 2025. For family violence, sexual violence, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 100.0% of the index here.
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
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Willgottheim. Best known first.
Willgottheim has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Willgottheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willgottheim | 1,057 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Marlenheim | 4,185 | 3.5 | A | C− | A+ | B |
| Wasselonne | 5,780 | 3.8 | A− | B | B+ | C− |
| Truchtersheim | 4,398 | 4.7 | A+ | B+ | A | C |
| Berstett | 2,517 | 5.9 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Dettwiller | 2,558 | 6.2 | — | B− | — | C− |
| Marmoutier | 2,699 | 6.3 | A | B+ | A | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Willgottheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Willgottheim is a commune of 1,057 people in the Communauté de communes du Kochersberg. 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.