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GeishouseHaut-Rhin

A town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, home to 424 people.

Is Geishouse a good place to live?

Geishouse is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. 25% of homes here are second homes. Over-65s are 37% of the population.

What makes Geishouse stand out

The 2 things Geishouse does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Geishouse’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Geishouse’s story

No historic monuments in Geishouse

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

The nearest classé monument is Cimetière militaire, in Moosch, 1.6 mi away.

27% 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 Geishouse.

Who lives here

Children make up only 8.4% of Geishouse, fewer than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns

Graduates make up 25% of adults. 37% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.2% of the town.

58.5median age
GeishouseHaut-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Geishouse
GeishouseHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 158.4%16%17%
15–247.2%10%11%
25–4414%24%23%
45–6434%27%26%
65+37%22%22%
No diploma23%18%19%
CAP or BEP32%29%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education25%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Geishouse than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 7.1%

7.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Jobs located in Geishouse: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.2 each). After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,460 a year per consumption unit.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving91%
Public transport5%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Geishouse, 0.2 per working resident
7.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate

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

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 6.3 mi away. The nearest collège is 1.2 mi away.

89.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Geishouse89.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollègeCollège9189%−3 pts
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −3 pts against the expected rate
1.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Renting in Geishouse costs less than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.36/m² a month

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

€10.36/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Geishouse€10.36/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€10.36/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.09 to €13.27/m² a month)
€12.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château de Stoerenbourg and 6 more in and around Geishouse

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Geishouse. Best known first.

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Everything we know about Geishouse

12pages on Geishouse

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Geishouse

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

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Geishouse’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 →
ThannVieux-ThannBuhlGuebwillerCernaySoultz-Haut-RhinThannVieux-ThannBuhlGuebwillerCernaySoultz-Haut-RhinGeishouse
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Geishouse424—————
Thann7,7625.7B−B+B−D
Vieux-Thann2,8666.4—B+—B+
Buhl3,1006.9AA−AC
Guebwiller11,2437.5C+BC−C−
Cernay12,0577.7B−B−B−D−
Soultz-Haut-Rhin7,0127.9AB+A−C

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

About Geishouse

Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est

Geishouse is a commune of 424 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Saint-Amarin. 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
424 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Saint-Amarin
Département
Haut-Rhin (68)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.2 km²)
INSEE code
68102

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.