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Home to 3,410 people, this town lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Good marks almost everywhere you look. It is easy to get around without a car: 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 25% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Taken together, its subjects give Hégenheim an A overall, better than 90% of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #12 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. Schools are a strength too: bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 3.5 points above the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for cost of living, B for safety and B for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Hégenheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hégenheim 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Hégenheim, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1990.
Moïse Nordmann, born in 1809, is the one person born in Hégenheim before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hégenheim.
Hégenheim has 650 jobs for 1,500 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Unemployment stood at 8.6%, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
94.4% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Hégenheim, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The bac pro: 84% of 131 candidates passed at the vocational lycée within 5 km. Schools rank #16 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège des trois paysNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 191 | 96%+6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean MermozNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 514 | 97%+1 pt |
| Collège Georges ForlenBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 109 | 85%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
266 deaths in Hégenheim between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 319: 17% below. Life expectancy in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. There are 2 general practitioners locally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century. 6.1% of its homes were built before 1919, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (5.8%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In 2025, burglary led the graded crimes in Hégenheim. The 2025 count: 70 offenses here. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 5.4 violent offenses and 14.2 graded property crimes a year.
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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 5.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Graduates make up 38% of adults. Half of Hégenheim is older than 47.3, half younger. People 65 and over make up 24% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Hégenheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €17.60/m² a month. 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
Hégenheim has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Manoir dit Château de Hegenheim: Photo: Sarrazzini69 · Public domain
3 notable people were born in Hégenheim.
Moïse Nordmann: Wolf, G. (lithogr). Fonction indéterminée, Public domain · Quentin Bezza: Bloody-libu, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hégenheim | 3,410 | — | A | B− | B | B |
| Hésingue | 2,972 | 0.9 | A+ | B | A | B |
| Saint-Louis | 22,805 | 2.3 | B | B | C− | C+ |
| Blotzheim | 5,282 | 3 | A | B | B+ | C |
| Huningue | 7,487 | 3.3 | B+ | B | C | C+ |
| Village-Neuf | 4,709 | 3.6 | A− | B+ | A− | D |
| Bartenheim | 4,211 | 5.3 | A | B | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #32 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 16 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns and #16 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. The lycée stands out: 97% of 514 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Mermoz 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.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Hégenheim is a commune of 3,410 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Louis 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
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.