Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est has a population of 8,259.
Strong in places, weak in others. Its strongest subject is walkability (A−) — 68% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes are dear: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 45% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at B−, #31 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. It comes out better than 51% of compared French towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and C+ for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Brunstatt-Didenheim 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Brunstatt-Didenheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Jean, in Mulhouse, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Brunstatt-Didenheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brunstatt-Didenheim.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
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
Brunstatt-Didenheim holds 3,100 jobs; 3,550 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Brunstatt-Didenheim didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took nearly a tenth of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
182 offenses were reported in Brunstatt-Didenheim during 2025. Violence against people ran at 6.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.1 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
6 GPs practise in Brunstatt-Didenheim. Its two care homes for older people (18 places) count their residents as Brunstatt-Didenheim’s; allowing for them, deaths were 8% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 741 residents of Brunstatt-Didenheim died, against 787 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 6% fewer. In Haut-Rhin, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.5 (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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 85% passed the bac pro, of 496 candidates at 5 lycées. Near Brunstatt-Didenheim, 90.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Its collèges and lycées rank #39 of 51 in Haut-Rhin on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre PflimlinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 78%+3 pts |
| Lycée Louis ArmandNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 353 | 92%−1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Charles StoesselBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 94 | 84%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
15% of residents are children under 15. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 13% of residents, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Brunstatt-Didenheim is 45.7 years old.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Brunstatt-Didenheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 42% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Brunstatt-Didenheim. Best known first.
MuseumCité du train3.6 km northwest, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée national de l'Automobile4.4 km north, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse3.1 km northeast, in Mulhouse
ZooParc zoologique et botanique de Mulhouse2.8 km northeast, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée historique de Mulhouse3.2 km northeast, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée de l'impression sur étoffes3.2 km northeast, in MulhousePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
One notable person was born in Brunstatt-Didenheim.
Marie-Augustin Zwiller: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Brunstatt-Didenheim is a commune of 8,259 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunstatt-Didenheim | 8,259 | — | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Zillisheim | 2,561 | 2 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Mulhouse | 104,978 | 2.1 | D− | C | D− | D |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 2.4 | B− | C− | B+ | B |
| Riedisheim | 12,200 | 2.9 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Lutterbach | 6,851 | 3.1 | C | C− | C− | A− |
| Pfastatt | 10,314 | 3.3 | C | C− | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #28 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 53 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 45% of compared French towns and #39 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. 92% of 353 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Louis Armand in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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 8, 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.
