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DiefmattenHaut-Rhin

It is a town of 307 residents in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.

Is Diefmatten a good place to live?

Diefmatten isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents.

Diefmatten’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Diefmatten’s story

No historic monuments in Diefmatten

The Culture ministry lists no building in Diefmatten as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Maison et moulin, in Bellemagny, 2.3 mi away.

22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Diefmatten.

Who lives here

A town of families: 19% of people in Diefmatten are under 15, more than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 27% of adults. Half of Diefmatten is older than 43.2, half younger.

43.2median age
DiefmattenHaut-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Diefmatten
DiefmattenHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 1519%16%17%
15–249.4%10%11%
25–4424%24%23%
45–6425%27%26%
65+22%22%22%
No diploma12%18%19%
CAP or BEP34%29%26%
Baccalauréat21%18%18%
Higher education27%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Diefmatten is better off than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €32,270 a year per consumption unit

Of those in the labour force, 8.7% are unemployed. At the census, 5.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Diefmatten has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.5 per worker.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Diefmatten, 0.5 per working resident
8.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

93.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.8 mi away.

93.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Diefmatten93.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Nathan KatzNearest collègeCollègeCollège13093%−2 pts
93.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Diefmatten than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: €11.14/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €11.60/m² a month.

€11.14/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Diefmatten€11.14/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€11.14/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.85 to €14.03/m² a month)
€11.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Diefmatten

12pages on Diefmatten

Landmarks

Nothing in Diefmatten is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Diefmatten

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Diefmatten yet.

How we find them →

Diefmatten’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Haut-Rhin →
Vieux-ThannThannMasevaux-NiederbruckCernayMorschwiller-le-BasAltkirchVieux-ThannThannMasevaux-NiederbruckCernayMorschwiller-le-BasAltkirchDiefmatten
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Diefmatten307—————
Vieux-Thann2,8666.5—B+—B+
Thann7,7626.8B−B+B−D
Masevaux-Niederbruck3,5947.2A+AA−C−
Cernay12,0577.5B−B−B−D−
Morschwiller-le-Bas3,6947.8B−C−B+B
Altkirch5,6878.4AACC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Diefmatten

Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est

Diefmatten is a commune of 307 people in the Communauté de communes Sud Alsace Largue. 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

Population
307 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Sud Alsace Largue
Département
Haut-Rhin (68)
Région
Grand Est
Area
1.2 sq mi (3.2 km²)
INSEE code
68071

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 October 30, 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.