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The town has 1,069 residents and lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Heiteren’s best grade is for cost of living — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car (C−). Health outcomes fall short of most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Heiteren 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 Heiteren does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Heiteren 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.
Heiteren has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Heiteren as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Place d'Armes Général-de-Gaulle (anciennement Place Centrale), in Neuf-Brisach, 3.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Heiteren.
The median disposable income was €29,630 a year per consumption unit, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 550 residents in work, Heiteren has 50 jobs: 0.1 each. The census found 6.6% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
25% of adults hold a degree, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). The age that splits Heiteren in two is 43.1. Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Heiteren | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 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.
House rents are put at about €11.22/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.
The nearest emergency department to Heiteren is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 12 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 59 residents of Heiteren died, against 64 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Haut-Rhin is 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 A−.
Nothing in Heiteren 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 Heiteren 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heiteren | 1,069 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Volgelsheim | 2,720 | 3.1 | — | A− | — | C |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine | 3,004 | 7.7 | — | C | — | B− |
| Horbourg-Wihr | 6,199 | 10 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
| Rouffach | 4,238 | 11 | A | B+ | C+ | B− |
| Colmar | 66,970 | 12 | C+ | C | C− | B− |
| Ensisheim | 7,306 | 12 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Heiteren has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 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
Heiteren is a commune of 1,069 people in the Communauté de communes Alsace Rhin Brisach. 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 8, 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.