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2,091 people call this town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est home.
Schools are its strong suit — bac results 3.2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4.2 points above the expected rate. Prices are modest for what you get (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% 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 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Carspach 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 Carspach 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.
Carspach 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 Carspach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fontaine de la Vierge, in Altkirch, 1.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Carspach.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 95% passed the bac pro, of 150 candidates at 2 lycées. The bac pass rate near Carspach is 97.8%, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 1.1 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Lucien HerrNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 101 | 100%+8 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Jacques HennerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 387 | 99%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel privé Sonnenberg PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 51 | 96%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Carspach have one GP on hand. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Carspach records 96 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 165 residents of Carspach died, against 172 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% fewer. At birth, a girl in Haut-Rhin can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The median resident of Carspach is 43.5 years old. Under-15s account for 17% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Carspach | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
10.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 6.1%, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Carspach holds 400 jobs; 1,000 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Carspach. Best known first.
Nothing in Carspach is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Carspach.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carspach | 2,091 | — | — | A | — | C |
| Altkirch | 5,687 | 1.3 | A | A | C | C+ |
| Zillisheim | 2,561 | 6.8 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 8.8 | B− | C− | B+ | B |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim | 8,259 | 8.8 | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Lutterbach | 6,851 | 10 | C | C− | C− | A− |
| Mulhouse | 104,978 | 11 | D− | C | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Carspach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 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 96% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 387 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Jacques Henner in 2025, 2 points 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
Carspach is a commune of 2,091 people in the Communauté de communes Sundgau. 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 9, 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.