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In Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, this town has 1,203 residents.
Illtal’s strongest subject is schools — brevet results a point above the expected rate. The weak point is walkability (D) — 2% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Illtal 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 Illtal does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Illtal 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.
Illtal 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 Illtal as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges d'une installation de bain romaine, in Kœstlach, 4 mi away.
18% 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 Illtal.
Jobs based in Illtal number 100, against 550 residents in work (0.2 per worker). At the census, 4.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 8.1%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 3 mi away. The nearest general lycée is 4.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean Paul de DadelsenNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 120 | 94%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · 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. 93 deaths in Illtal between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 96: 3% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Illtal come to 97 per 100 predicted.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
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
8.3% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. The share of residents under 15 is 14%. At 51, the median resident of Illtal sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Illtal | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 36% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 39% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
The graded crime recorded most in Illtal was criminal damage (2025). 2025 saw 6 offenses recorded locally. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 3.7 violent offenses and 7.7 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents.
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 and burglary, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 61.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Illtal is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Illtal yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illtal | 1,203 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Altkirch | 5,687 | 4.9 | A | A | C | C+ |
| Zillisheim | 2,561 | 9.2 | — | C+ | — | B |
| Sierentz | 4,409 | 9.6 | A+ | A | B | A− |
| Blotzheim | 5,282 | 9.7 | A | B | B+ | C |
| Bartenheim | 4,211 | 10 | A | B | B+ | D |
| Hésingue | 2,972 | 10 | A+ | B | A | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Illtal has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 82% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Illtal is a commune of 1,203 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.