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In Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, this town has 1,259 residents.
Jobs & income is its strong suit: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.8% unemployment. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for cost of living and B− for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Hirtzfelden 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 Hirtzfelden 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.
Hirtzfelden has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Hirtzfelden does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Hirtzfelden as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Stèle géodésique, in Oberhergheim, 4.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Hirtzfelden is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hirtzfelden.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Hirtzfelden is Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller, 10.7 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 92 residents of Hirtzfelden died, against 85 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. Life expectancy in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises locally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Under 15: 18% of residents. Just over a third of adults hold a degree, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Also worth knowing: residents of Hirtzfelden have a median age of 42.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Hirtzfelden | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 5.8%, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. 6.0% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 2.6% of working residents in Hirtzfelden didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €12.48/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
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Hirtzfelden as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Hirtzfelden is a commune of 1,259 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hirtzfelden | 1,259 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Ensisheim | 7,306 | 5.6 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Ruelisheim | 2,519 | 7.3 | — | C− | — | B |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine | 3,004 | 7.4 | — | C | — | B− |
| Rouffach | 4,238 | 7.6 | A | B+ | C+ | B− |
| Baldersheim | 2,596 | 8.1 | C+ | D | A− | C |
| Pulversheim | 3,069 | 8.3 | — | C− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Hirtzfelden has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.