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A town in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, home to 2,085 people.
Wittisheim’s schools beat most (A): brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for health, B for jobs & income and C+ for walkability.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Wittisheim 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.
The one thing Wittisheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Wittisheim 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.
Wittisheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Wittisheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Immeuble Boegler, in Baldenheim, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wittisheim.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest collège is 1.4 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Grand RiedNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 119 | 96%+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
A fifth of residents have reached 65. The age that splits Wittisheim in two is 45.1. Aged 15 to 24: 11% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Wittisheim | Bas-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Bas-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 6.6% of commuters at the census. Wittisheim has 300 jobs for 1,000 working residents, 0.3 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €28,100 a year per consumption unit, near Bas-Rhin’s towns (€27,505) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970).
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.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 165 deaths in Wittisheim from 2016 to 2025; there were 147, 11% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Wittisheim is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 7.1 mi away. The town has 4 family doctors. At birth, a girl in Bas-Rhin can expect 85 years and a boy 80.3 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Nothing in Wittisheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Wittisheim.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittisheim | 2,085 | — | — | B+ | — | B− |
| Hilsenheim | 2,604 | 2 | A+ | A− | A | B+ |
| Sélestat | 19,589 | 6.3 | B− | C+ | C | C |
| Rhinau | 2,723 | 6.7 | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Huttenheim | 2,735 | 6.7 | A− | C | B+ | C+ |
| Marckolsheim | 4,398 | 7.3 | A | B | B+ | C+ |
| Benfeld | 5,973 | 7.4 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Wittisheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 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 92% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Wittisheim is a commune of 2,085 people in the Communauté de communes du Ried de Marckolsheim. 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.