Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est has a population of 1,560.
Housing is expensive (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 47% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools, B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Battenheim 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 Battenheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Battenheim 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.
Battenheim 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 Battenheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Stèle géodésique, in Sausheim, 2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Battenheim.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €11.94/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
The median disposable income was €31,720 a year per consumption unit, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.4% of commuters got to work without a car.
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.
Near Battenheim, 86.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 2.3 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcel PagnolNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 92%+7 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Don Bosco PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 87 | 86%±0 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.
There are 3 general practitioners in Battenheim. 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. 108 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 127: 15% below.
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.
16% are under 15, about level with Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). Battenheim has a median age of 46.5 years. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Battenheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Battenheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Battenheim.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battenheim | 1,560 | — | — | D | — | B |
| Baldersheim | 2,596 | 1.2 | C+ | D | A− | C |
| Ruelisheim | 2,519 | 1.5 | — | C− | — | B |
| Sausheim | 5,666 | 2.3 | C | C− | C+ | C |
| Wittenheim | 15,553 | 2.4 | C− | C− | B | D |
| Kingersheim | 13,354 | 3 | C− | D | B | C+ |
| Illzach | 14,923 | 3.3 | D | C− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Battenheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 41% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Battenheim is a commune of 1,560 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. 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.