Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,122 residents and lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Where it does best is schools — bac results 3.2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4.2 points above the expected rate. It is strong on cost of living as well — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Hirsingue 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 Hirsingue 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.
Hirsingue 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 Hirsingue as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Reinach, in Hirtzbach, 1.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hirsingue.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Hirsingue, 97.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 95% passed the bac pro, of 150 candidates at 2 lycées.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Paul de DadelsenNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 94%+1 pt |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean Jacques HennerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 387 | 99%+2 pts |
| Collège Lucien HerrBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 101 | 100%+8 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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.28/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
950 jobs are based in Hirsingue, for 950 working residents (1 per worker). Unemployment stood at 11.8%, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Hirsingue didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 235 residents of Hirsingue died, against 190 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% more. 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. For a family doctor, residents of Hirsingue can choose among 7 GPs.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
The 65-and-over age group makes up a quarter of residents. Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Half the people of Hirsingue are older than 48.4.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Hirsingue | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
More of the graded crimes in Hirsingue were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The police record for Hirsingue lists 6 offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 6.1 (2023–2025 average).
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (58.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage and museums in and near Hirsingue. Best known first.
Nothing in Hirsingue is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Hirsingue.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hirsingue | 2,122 | — | — | A | — | B |
| Altkirch | 5,687 | 2.4 | A | A | C | C+ |
| Zillisheim | 2,561 | 7.8 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim | 8,259 | 9.8 | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 10 | B− | C− | B+ | B |
| Sierentz | 4,409 | 11 | A+ | A | B | A− |
| Bartenheim | 4,211 | 11 | A | B | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hirsingue has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 99% of 387 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Jacques Henner in 2025, 2 points 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
Hirsingue is a commune of 2,122 people in the Communauté de communes Sundgau. 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.