A solid town with one catch. Its strongest subject is schools (A+): bac results 3.2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4.2 points above the expected rate. Altkirch grades A overall, better than 91% of compared French towns, and ranks #11 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. The drawback is safety — an average of 11.9 recorded violent incidents and 13.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also trails on health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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 Altkirch 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 Altkirch.
Schools
Brevet results near Altkirch run high: 96.7% passed, above Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Schools rank #3 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. 97.8% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Altkirch, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The bac pro: 95% of 150 candidates passed at the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)A+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Altkirch than in Haut-Rhin or compared French towns: 18 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 8.3% of the total, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Altkirch is Fontaine de la Vierge. This Haut-Rhin town has 10 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 9 inscrit, the second level. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
For walkability, Altkirch ranks above 86% of compared French towns
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how nearly a fifth of commuters travelled at the census. For its 2,550 residents in work, Altkirch has 4,000 jobs: 1.6 each. 11.8% of the labour force were unemployed, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
18%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
On foot11%
Public transport6%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
4,000
jobs based in Altkirch, 1.6 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Altkirch has more crime per resident than 66% of compared French towns
The commonest graded crime in Altkirch was criminal damage (2025). Over 2025, Altkirch logged 153 recorded offenses.
11.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearCSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage50
Theft from vehicles33
Other physical violence24
Family violence20
Sexual violence18
Burglary8
Theft without violence52
Drug use49
Fraud33
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.
11.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
153
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.4%
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 · When armed robbery and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Altkirch sees more deaths than 63% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haut-Rhin, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Its care home for older people (105 places) counts its residents as Altkirch’s; allowing for it, deaths were 8% below expected. 654 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 580: 13% above.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw113
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
9
GPs in Altkirch · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Saint Morand D Altkirch
8.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Emile Muller
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
A young town: 12% of people in Altkirch are 15 to 24, more than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns
Over-65s are 20% of the population. At 43.5, the median resident of Altkirch sits in the middle of the age range. 31% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Haut-Rhin 31%, France 30%).
43.5median age
AltkirchHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
12%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education31%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Église Saint-Morand: Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison et tour sur la muraille: Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne maison du Bailli: Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hugo Hofstetter: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yvan Muller: Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nicolas Hartmann: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marie-Thérèse Kolb: Nadar, Public domain · Paul Jourdain: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Didier Lemaire: TrisHR, CC BY-SA 4.0
Altkirch’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 Altkirch
Is Altkirch safe?
It grades C for safety, #38 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 50 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Altkirch good?
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns and #3 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. The lycée stands out: 99% of 387 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Jacques Henner in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Altkirch
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Altkirch is a commune of 5,687 people in the Communauté de communes Sundgau. 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.
