Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
In Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, this town has 1,969 residents.
Health outcomes beat most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 35% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The weak point is walkability (C−): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Burnhaupt-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 Burnhaupt-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.
Burnhaupt-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 Burnhaupt-le-Bas as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison et moulin, in Bellemagny, 4.6 mi away.
2.8% 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 Burnhaupt-le-Bas.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haut-Rhin, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 89 residents of Burnhaupt-le-Bas died, against 138 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% fewer. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Burnhaupt-le-Bas is Centre hospitalier Saint Morand D Altkirch, 7.8 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 step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
At the census, 5.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €30,760 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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
Just over a third of adults hold a degree, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Under 15: 17% of residents. The median resident of Burnhaupt-le-Bas is 41.8 years old.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Burnhaupt-le-Bas | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 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.
A collège lies 1.4 mi away.
| 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
More of the graded crimes in Burnhaupt-le-Bas were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025). Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 11.3. Police and gendarmerie figures for Burnhaupt-le-Bas show 18 offenses in 2025.
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 · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (30.2% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Burnhaupt-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 Burnhaupt-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnhaupt-le-Bas | 1,969 | — | — | B+ | — | A+ |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 5.3 | B− | C− | B+ | B |
| Vieux-Thann | 2,866 | 6 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Cernay | 12,057 | 6.2 | B− | B− | B− | D− |
| Lutterbach | 6,851 | 6.3 | C | C− | C− | A− |
| Zillisheim | 2,561 | 6.5 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Thann | 7,762 | 6.6 | B− | B+ | B− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Burnhaupt-le-Bas has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
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
Burnhaupt-le-Bas is a commune of 1,969 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Doller et du Soultzbach. 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 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.