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A town of 1,202 in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Bischwihr’s best grade is for health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 45% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The local economy does well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: a fifth of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for cost of living and B for schools.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · 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. Bischwihr 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 Bischwihr does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bischwihr 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.
Bischwihr 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 Bischwihr as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église mixte de Wihr-en-Plaine, in Horbourg-Wihr, 1.4 mi away.
3.2% 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 Bischwihr.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 85 deaths in Bischwihr from 2016 to 2025; there were 47, 45% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bischwihr is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 4.8 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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
6.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Median disposable income comes to €31,510 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 41% of adults, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). The share of residents under 15 is 19%. Over-65s are a fifth of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Bischwihr | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 41% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €10.31/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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alice MosnierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 190 | 92%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Family days out, heritage and other places to visit in and near Bischwihr. Best known first.
Nothing in Bischwihr 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 Bischwihr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bischwihr | 1,202 | — | — | C+ | — | A+ |
| Horbourg-Wihr | 6,199 | 2.1 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
| Colmar | 66,970 | 4.2 | C+ | C | C− | B− |
| Ingersheim | 4,774 | 5.8 | A− | C | A | C+ |
| Wintzenheim | 8,059 | 6.4 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine | 3,004 | 6.6 | — | C | — | B− |
| Marckolsheim Bas-Rhin | 4,398 | 6.8 | A | B | B+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bischwihr has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 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 56% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Bischwihr is a commune of 1,202 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Colmar 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 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.