Wissembourg’s best grade is for walkability — 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 30% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The overall grade lands at A−, better than 85% of compared French towns. That places it #21 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. The rest of its grades are middling: B for safety, B− for schools, B− for health and B for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Wissembourg 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 Wissembourg.
History
Wissembourg is rich in protected monuments: 36 per 10,000 residents, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Houses and mansions, 14 of the 27, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in Wissembourg is Chapelle Saint-Pierre-et-Paul. The Culture ministry lists 27 historic monuments in the town: 8 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 19 inscrit (the second level). The oldest protected building goes back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B
29.6% of commuters in Wissembourg go to work without a car, more than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
4,950 jobs are based in Wissembourg, for 3,200 working residents (1.5 per worker). The median disposable income was €25,550 a year per consumption unit, below Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). The jobless rate is 9.7%.
30%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving64%
On foot15%
Bicycle9%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter0%
4,950
jobs based in Wissembourg, 1.5 per working resident
9.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,550
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A−
Renting in Wissembourg costs less than in Bas-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.94/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €9.18/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.
€10.94/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Wissembourg€10.94/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Bas-Rhin median€13.84/m²
€10.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.58 to €13.95/m² a month)
€9.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€27,780
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Wissembourg
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Wissembourg than in Bas-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15
9.4% of residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up 27% of the town, above Bas-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Typical age in Wissembourg: 51.8, the median.
51.8median age
WissembourgBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education28%
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
Safety
Wissembourg has less crime per resident than 57% of compared French towns
Graded property crimes ran at 9.6 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 10.4 (2023–2025 average). 158 offenses were reported in Wissembourg during 2025. Also worth knowing: among the graded crimes in the town, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
10.4recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage57
Other physical violence47
Family violence23
Sexual violence21
Burglary10
Drug use71
Theft without violence37
Fraud31
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.
10.4
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
158
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
2.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
88.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By results, schools here place #55 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. At the general lycée, 97% of 313 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Wissembourg sees more deaths than 50% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
8 GPs practise in Wissembourg. Its four care homes for older people (181 places) count their residents as Wissembourg’s; allowing for them, deaths were 12% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 922 residents of Wissembourg died, against 856 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% more. In Bas-Rhin, life expectancy at birth reaches 85 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Wissembourg · 3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
0.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Intercommunal de la Lauter
85 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Bas-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Christophe Kern: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne: Ludoms, CC BY-SA 3.0 · David Ulm: Rüdiger Müller, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Louis Bonneau: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain · Nicolas Bonis: Charlesthebest, CC BY 2.5 · Auguste Dreyfus: Desconocido, c. 1860, Public domain
Wissembourg’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Wissembourg
Is Wissembourg safe?
It grades B for safety, #44 of 62 in Bas-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 57 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Wissembourg good?
They grade B−, better than 51% of compared French towns and #55 of 77 in Bas-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Wissembourg
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Wissembourg is a commune of 7,566 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Wissembourg. 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.
