Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,747 residents and lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Jobs & income is its strong suit (A+): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 5.0% unemployment. Add health to its strengths: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability (C−) — 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for cost of living and B for schools.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Aspach-Michelbach 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-Michelbach 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-Michelbach 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-Michelbach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye, in Leimbach, 2.2 mi away.
4.3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Aspach-Michelbach. Best known first.
MuseumTrain Thur Doller Alsace2.8 km northeast, in CernayAttractionAttractionAspachin townAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Leimbach3.5 km northwest, in LeimbachFortFortEnceinte de Thann4.7 km northwest, in ThannMuseumMuseumLe Musée des Amis de Thann4.8 km northwest, in ThannPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aspach-Michelbach.
5.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 5.0%, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 2.8% of working residents in Aspach-Michelbach didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
The nearest emergency department to Aspach-Michelbach is Clinique Diaconat Fonderie, 9.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 90 residents of Aspach-Michelbach died, against 112 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% 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. For a family doctor, residents of Aspach-Michelbach have one GP on hand.
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.
Nearly two in five adults hold a degree. The age that splits Aspach-Michelbach in two is 46.1. Children under 15 make up 16%, close to both Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%).
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Aspach-Michelbach | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 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.
The bac pass rate near Aspach-Michelbach is 97.0%, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 2.2 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Charles WalchNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 105 | 90%+1 pt |
| Lycée Scheurer KestnerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 228 | 97%±0 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.
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
Nothing in Aspach-Michelbach is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Aspach-Michelbach.
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-Michelbach | 1,747 | — | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Vieux-Thann | 2,866 | 2 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Thann | 7,762 | 2.6 | B− | B+ | B− | D |
| Cernay | 12,057 | 3.2 | B− | B− | B− | D− |
| Wittelsheim | 10,645 | 5.5 | C+ | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck | 3,594 | 6.3 | A+ | A | A− | C− |
| Richwiller | 3,905 | 6.9 | B | C− | A+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aspach-Michelbach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 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 59% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Aspach-Michelbach is a commune of 1,747 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.