Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 1,370 residents and lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Where it does best is jobs & income (A−) — 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment. Homes are dear: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 44% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for schools and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Flaxlanden 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 Flaxlanden 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.
Flaxlanden has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Flaxlanden does most differently from other towns.
Flaxlanden has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 2009.
Flaxlanden has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison dite maison Landwerlin: Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Flaxlanden.
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 Flaxlanden have one GP on hand. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 156 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 129, 17% fewer.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
Under-15s account for 15% of the population. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 9% of residents, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 27% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Flaxlanden | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 10% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 45% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
One in ten homes were built before 1919. Its heritage reaches back to the 17th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment stood at 5.3%, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 8.4% of commuters at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Flaxlanden, 94.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé épiscopal PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 182 | 99%+3 pts |
| Lycée privé épiscopal PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 165 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Jean MacéBest against expectations: 12 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 120 | 82%+12 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Armed robbery topped the graded crimes in Flaxlanden (2025). Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.2 cases of violence against people and 4.2 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and criminal damage, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 100.0% of the index here.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Flaxlanden. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Flaxlanden yet.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Flaxlanden is a commune of 1,370 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flaxlanden | 1,370 | — | — | C− | — | B+ |
| Zillisheim | 2,561 | 0.9 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim | 8,259 | 1.9 | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 3.6 | B− | C− | B+ | B |
| Mulhouse | 104,978 | 3.9 | D− | C | D− | D |
| Riedisheim | 12,200 | 4.3 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Lutterbach | 6,851 | 4.7 | C | C− | C− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Flaxlanden has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 165 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé épiscopal 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.
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.