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2,972 people call this town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est home.
Hésingue does well on nearly every count. Households here earn well: 1.6 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. The town’s overall A+ puts it #2 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. On that grade it does better than almost every compared French town. Safety is a strength too: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for cost of living and B for health.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · 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 2 things Hésingue does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hésingue 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Hésingue as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruines du château de Landskron, in Leymen, 6.2 mi away.
4.5% 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 Hésingue.
At the census, just over a fifth of commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 7.3%, 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
The commonest graded crime in Hésingue was criminal damage (2025). With 2,350 jobs for 1,450 working residents, Hésingue draws people in from neighbouring communes. Police and gendarmerie recorded 34 offenses in the town in 2025.
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 21.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Hésingue, 94.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. By results, schools here place #16 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. At the general lycée, 97% of 514 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| 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
Graduates make up 35% of adults. The under-15s are 18% of the population here. Residents of Hésingue have a median age of 43.1.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Hésingue | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 35% | 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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €13.54/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.
In Haut-Rhin, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 211 deaths in Hésingue from 2016 to 2025; there were 178, 16% fewer. The town has 2 family doctors.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Museums, family days out and other places to visit in and near Hésingue. Best known first.
Art galleryFondation Fernet-Branca3.3 km east, in Saint-LouisMuseumMuseumEspace d'art contemportain Fernet Branca3.2 km east, in Saint-LouisWater parkWater parkParc des Eaux Vives4.9 km east, in HuningueAttractionAttractionRafting5 km east, in HuninguePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Hésingue 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 Hésingue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hésingue | 2,972 | — | A+ | B | A | B |
| Hégenheim | 3,410 | 0.9 | A | B− | B | B |
| Saint-Louis | 22,805 | 1.9 | B | B | C− | C+ |
| Blotzheim | 5,282 | 2.1 | A | B | B+ | C |
| Huningue | 7,487 | 3.1 | B+ | B | C | C+ |
| Village-Neuf | 4,709 | 3.1 | A− | B+ | A− | D |
| Bartenheim | 4,211 | 4.4 | A | B | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #10 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns and #16 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Hésingue is a commune of 2,972 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.