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A town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, home to 1,262 people.
Jobs & income is its strong suit (B+) — 0.4 jobs per working resident; 7.2% unemployment. School results are strong (B+): brevet results 2 points below the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B for cost of living, B for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Aspach-le-Bas 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 Aspach-le-Bas 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.
Aspach-le-Bas 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 Aspach-le-Bas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église catholique Saint-Dominique, in Vieux-Thann, 3.4 mi away.
1.3% 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 Aspach-le-Bas.
Graduates make up nearly two in five adults. The middle age in Aspach-le-Bas is 45.9. 10% of the population is aged 15 to 24, close to both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%).
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Aspach-le-Bas | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.2 mi away. The closest collège is 1.6 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Nathan KatzNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 93%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Aspach-le-Bas have one GP on hand. The nearest emergency department to Aspach-le-Bas is Clinique Diaconat Fonderie, 8.5 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 60 residents of Aspach-le-Bas died, against 71 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Haut-Rhin is 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €12.47/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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
7.2% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €30,980 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents in Aspach-le-Bas at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Aspach-le-Bas. Best known first.
MuseumTrain Thur Doller Alsace3.4 km north, in CernayAttractionAttractionVélo Rail Sud Alsace1.1 km northwest, in Aspach-MichelbachAttractionAttractionAspach1.1 km northwest, in Aspach-MichelbachAttractionAttractionBurnhaupt2.4 km southwest, in Burnhaupt-le-HautAttractionAttractionCernay St André3.4 km north, in CernayPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Aspach-le-Bas is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Aspach-le-Bas yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspach-le-Bas | 1,262 | — | — | B | — | B |
| Vieux-Thann | 2,866 | 3.1 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Cernay | 12,057 | 3.4 | B− | B− | B− | D− |
| Thann | 7,762 | 3.8 | B− | B+ | B− | D |
| Wittelsheim | 10,645 | 5 | C+ | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 5.9 | B− | C− | B+ | B |
| Richwiller | 3,905 | 6.1 | B | C− | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aspach-le-Bas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 6 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 67% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Aspach-le-Bas is a commune of 1,262 people in the Communauté de communes de Thann-Cernay. 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 November 4, 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.