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Home to 5,834 people, this town lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Safety is its strong suit (A): an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 7.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taken together, its subjects give Kembs an A+ overall, better than 95% of compared French towns. Its place in the ranking is #5 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. Most journeys need a car: 19% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 6% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · 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 3 things Kembs does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Kembs 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Kembs, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2005.
2.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Kembs.
Among the graded crimes in Kembs, the most frequent was family violence (2025). 85 offenses were reported in Kembs during 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by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 5.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 5.7 mi away. Its schools’ results rank #9 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. Collège pupils travel 2.6 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 104 | 95%+2 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.
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
Children are 18% of the town. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Kembs in two is 40.5.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Kembs | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 29% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 31% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 6.2% 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%). Per resident in work, Kembs counts 0.2 jobs (650 jobs, 3,000 workers). Unemployment runs at 9.8%.
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.
388 deaths in Kembs between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 360: 8% above. The nearest emergency department to Kembs is Pole Public Saint Louis Ghrmsa, 6.3 mi away. The town has 4 family doctors. At birth, a girl in Haut-Rhin can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 2.5% of the total, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Protection here reaches back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Kembs has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Kembs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kembs | 5,834 | — | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Bartenheim | 4,211 | 2.4 | A | B | B+ | D |
| Sierentz | 4,409 | 2.6 | A+ | A | B | A− |
| Blotzheim | 5,282 | 4.6 | A | B | B+ | C |
| Village-Neuf | 4,709 | 5.2 | A− | B+ | A− | D |
| Habsheim | 5,076 | 5.8 | A− | D− | A | B |
| Saint-Louis | 22,805 | 5.8 | B | B | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #7 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 24 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #9 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Kembs is a commune of 5,834 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.