Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,112 residents, it is a town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its weakest is walkability (C): 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 9% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Algolsheim 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.
Each subject compares Algolsheim 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.
Algolsheim 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 Algolsheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Place d'Armes Général-de-Gaulle (anciennement Place Centrale), in Neuf-Brisach, 1.7 mi away.
3.9% 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 Algolsheim.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Haut-Rhin live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 47 deaths in Algolsheim between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 77: 39% below. The nearest emergency department to Algolsheim is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 11.5 mi away.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Half of residents lived on more than €29,620 a year per consumption unit, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970). Public transport took 4.2% of Algolsheim’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 10.6 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 89%+1 pt |
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
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Algolsheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Algolsheim. Best known first.
MuseumChemin de fer touristique du Rhin1.9 km northwest, in VolgelsheimMuseumMuseumMusée Vauban2.8 km northwest, in Neuf-BrisachFortFortEnceinte de Neuf-Brisach2.8 km northwest, in Neuf-BrisachMuseumMuseumMusée Gallo-Romain de Biesheim4 km north, in BiesheimFortFortPorte du Fort Mortier2.8 km north, in VolgelsheimPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Algolsheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Algolsheim as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algolsheim | 1,112 | — | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Volgelsheim | 2,720 | 1 | — | A− | — | C |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine | 3,004 | 8.2 | — | C | — | B− |
| Horbourg-Wihr | 6,199 | 9.1 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
| Colmar | 66,970 | 11 | C+ | C | C− | B− |
| Marckolsheim Bas-Rhin | 4,398 | 11 | A | B | B+ | C+ |
| Rouffach | 4,238 | 12 | A | B+ | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Algolsheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5 recorded violent incidents and 6.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Algolsheim is a commune of 1,112 people in the Communauté de communes Alsace Rhin Brisach. 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.