Where it does best is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 40% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also does well on jobs & income (A+): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 7.0% unemployment. Just over a fifth of its homes are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Eguisheim 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 Eguisheim 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Eguisheim.
HealthHealth A+
Eguisheim loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 60 per 100 expected, below Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 117 residents of Eguisheim died, against 196 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% fewer. Women in Haut-Rhin live to 85.5 on average and men to 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises locally.
−40%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw60
Adjusted60
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Eguisheim · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil
2.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Eguisheim run higher than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €31,540 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment runs at 7.0%. 21.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
On foot10%
Bicycle6%
Public transport6%
Motorbike or scooter1%
750
jobs based in Eguisheim, 0.9 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 94% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
89.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the five collèges within 5 km, 0.9 points above the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Eguisheim, 95.6% passed the bac, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.1 mi away.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are more common in Eguisheim than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: 44% of adults
Children under 15 make up 15%, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.4%. Over-65s are 27% of the population.
50.6median age
EguisheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma11%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education44%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
More protected monuments for its size in Eguisheim than in Haut-Rhin or compared French towns: 40 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 8th century. Among the classé monuments in Eguisheim is Ancien château impérial dit de Saint-Léon-Pfalz, ancien château des évêques de Strasbourg. The Culture ministry lists 7 historic monuments locally: 4 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 3 inscrit (the second level). Houses and mansions, 5 of the 7, make up the bulk.
Ancien château impérial dit de Saint-Léon-Pfalz, ancien château des évêques de Strasbourg: Photo: Daniel Jünger : User Djuenger on de.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne abbaye de Marbach: Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ruines du château de Dagsbourg: Photo: Russ Bowling from USA · CC BY 2.0 · Fontaine datée de 1557 située devant l'Ecole des Filles: Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Eguisheim
Is Eguisheim safe?
Eguisheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 10 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Eguisheim good?
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 97% of 311 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Camille Sée 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.
About Eguisheim
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Eguisheim is a commune of 1,729 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux. 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
1,729 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux
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