Pupils here do better than most: brevet results a point above the expected rate. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car (C+): 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Wimmenau 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.
How Wimmenau grades
Each subject compares Wimmenau 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Wimmenau has a higher adjusted death rate than 67% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Wimmenau’s deaths ran at 94 per 100 expected, close to Bas-Rhin’s towns (92) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 96 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 90, 6% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Wimmenau is Hopital St Joseph Bitche Ch Robert Pax, 9.3 mi away. Also worth knowing: women in Bas-Rhin live to 85 on average and men to 80.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw94
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Wimmenau · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital St Joseph Bitche Ch Robert Pax
11.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Sainte Catherine de Saverne
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Wimmenau hold a degree than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 20%
Children under 15 count for 14% of the people here. People 65 and over make up a quarter of the town, above both Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Wimmenau in two is 48.9.
48.9median age
WimmenauBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. 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
Wimmenau has 2 historic monuments, none of them classé
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 2 historic monuments in Wimmenau; none is classé, France’s top protection. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Wimmenau
Is Wimmenau safe?
Wimmenau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Wimmenau good?
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Wimmenau
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Wimmenau is a commune of 1,070 people in the Communauté de communes de Hanau-La Petite Pierre. 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.
