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Home to 1,314 people, this town lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
The local economy does well (A+): 1 job per working resident; 6.4% unemployment. Most journeys need a car (C): 96% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for cost of living and B− for health. A third of residents are 65 or over.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Heimsbrunn 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.
The one thing Heimsbrunn does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Heimsbrunn 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.
Heimsbrunn 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 Heimsbrunn as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église catholique Saint-Martin, actuellement dépot communal, in Illfurth, 4.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Heimsbrunn.
Aged 15 to 24: nearly one in ten residents. Degrees are held by 37% of adults.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Heimsbrunn | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.6% of commuters travelled at the census. Per resident in work, Heimsbrunn counts 1 jobs (550 jobs, 550 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €11.60/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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 178 deaths in Heimsbrunn from 2016 to 2025; there were 219, 23% more. 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 in the town.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Nothing in Heimsbrunn is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Heimsbrunn.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heimsbrunn | 1,314 | — | — | C+ | — | B− |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 2.2 | B− | C− | B+ | B |
| Lutterbach | 6,851 | 3.4 | C | C− | C− | A− |
| Zillisheim | 2,561 | 3.9 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim | 8,259 | 4.2 | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Richwiller | 3,905 | 4.5 | B | C− | A+ | B |
| Pfastatt | 10,314 | 4.5 | C | C− | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Heimsbrunn has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Heimsbrunn is a commune of 1,314 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
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.