School results are strong: bac results 3.2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4.2 points above the expected rate. Add cost of living to its strengths (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Getting around depends on the car: 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Hirtzbach 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 Hirtzbach 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hirtzbach.
Schools
More pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Hirtzbach than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 96.7%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Hirtzbach, 97.8% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 95% of 150 candidates passed the bac pro. For collège, the closest is 1.4 mi away.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)A+School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Hirtzbach is €11.73/m² a month
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.
€11.73/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Hirtzbach€11.73/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€11.73/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.08 to €15.16/m² a month)
€10.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€33,260
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Sundgau
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Hirtzbach sees more deaths than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 111 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Hirtzbach can choose among 2 GPs. 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 103 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 114, 11% more.
+11%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted111
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Hirtzbach · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Saint Morand D Altkirch
10.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Emile Muller
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Incomes in Hirtzbach run higher than in both Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns: a median €31,300 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment stands at 6.6%. Per resident in work, Hirtzbach counts 0.2 jobs (100 jobs, 700 workers). 2.9% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving92%
On foot2%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Hirtzbach, 0.2 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€31,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 22% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Hirtzbach are 15 to 24: 9%, fewer than in both Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Typical age in Hirtzbach: 42.7, the median.
42.7median age
HirtzbachHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
9%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Hirtzbach: 14% were built before 1919, more than in both Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Hirtzbach is Château de Reinach. Its heritage reaches back to the 18th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Hirtzbach
Is Hirtzbach safe?
Hirtzbach has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Hirtzbach good?
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.
About Hirtzbach
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Hirtzbach is a commune of 1,418 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
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.
