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Some 1,047 people live in this town, in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Housing is within reach: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools do well (A−): bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 1.5 points above the expected rate. Health is a weak point (C−). It also trails on walkability: a quarter of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: 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 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Buschwiller 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 Buschwiller 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.
Buschwiller has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Buschwiller as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines du château de Landskron, in Leymen, 4.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Buschwiller.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Weighed against its ages and care homes, Buschwiller records 100 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 78 residents of Buschwiller died, about as many as the 78 expected from France’s death rates at each age. Also worth knowing: in Haut-Rhin, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 84% passed the bac pro, of 131 candidates. The bac pass rate near Buschwiller is 94.4%, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest collège is 1.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des trois paysNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 191 | 96%+6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean MermozNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 514 | 97%+1 pt |
| Collège privé des Missions PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 115 | 100%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For its 500 residents in work, Buschwiller has 50 jobs: 0.1 each. 7.4% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a third of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up a fifth of the town, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Buschwiller has a median age of 45.7 years.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Buschwiller | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Buschwiller is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Buschwiller.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buschwiller | 1,047 | — | — | A− | — | C− |
| Hégenheim | 3,410 | 1 | A | B− | B | B |
| Hésingue | 2,972 | 1.3 | A+ | B | A | B |
| Blotzheim | 5,282 | 3 | A | B | B+ | C |
| Saint-Louis | 22,805 | 3.2 | B | B | C− | C+ |
| Huningue | 7,487 | 4.2 | B+ | B | C | C+ |
| Village-Neuf | 4,709 | 4.4 | A− | B+ | A− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Buschwiller has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 97% of 514 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Mermoz in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Buschwiller is a commune of 1,047 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Louis 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.