Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,368 people, lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Add schools to its strengths (B+): brevet results 2 points below the expected rate. Where it falls short is health (C−).
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Guewenheim 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 Guewenheim 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.
Guewenheim 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 Guewenheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye, in Leimbach, 2.9 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guewenheim.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Guewenheim is Clinique Diaconat Fonderie, 11.3 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88) alike. 96 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, close to the 96 that France’s rates at each age predict. Life expectancy in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Nathan KatzNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 130 | 93%−2 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
At the census, 6.1% of commuters got to work without a car. The median disposable income was €28,990 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, near both Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Guewenheim has a median age of 46.1.
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Guewenheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 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
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Guewenheim. Best known first.
Nothing in Guewenheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Guewenheim as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guewenheim | 1,368 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Vieux-Thann | 2,866 | 3.8 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Thann | 7,762 | 3.8 | B− | B+ | B− | D |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck | 3,594 | 4.8 | A+ | A | A− | C− |
| Cernay | 12,057 | 5.5 | B− | B− | B− | D− |
| Wittelsheim | 10,645 | 7.7 | C+ | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 8.5 | B− | C− | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Guewenheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 67% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Guewenheim is a commune of 1,368 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Doller et du Soultzbach. 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 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.