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A town of 2,231 in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Housing is within reach: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add health to its strengths: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its lowest grade is for walkability — 38% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for 14% of homes.
Figures: 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. Labaroche 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 3 things Labaroche does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Labaroche 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.
Labaroche has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Labaroche counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1905.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Labaroche.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €10.13/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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 130 residents of Labaroche died, against 197 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 34% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Labaroche is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 6.9 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners here.
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.
200 jobs are based in Labaroche, for 1,050 working residents (0.2 per worker). The median disposable income was €30,190 a year per consumption unit, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970). The census found 5.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
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.
Collège pupils travel 2.2 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Georges MartelotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 91%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Labaroche is Ruines du château de Hohenack (petit Honack). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. 8.9% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The 15-to-24 age group: 8.8%, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here. 24% of residents have reached 65.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Labaroche | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Labaroche. Best known first.
MuseumMusée-Mémorial du Linge4.9 km southwest, in OrbeyMuseumMuseumMusée des Métiers du Boisin townAttractionAttractionTrois-Épis2.8 km east, in NiedermorschwihrMuseumMuseumMusée du Val d'Orbey3.3 km northwest, in OrbeyAttractionAttractionPierre Tremblante3.1 km west, in OrbeyPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Labaroche has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ruines du château de Hohenack (petit Honack): Photo: © Christian Amet · CC BY 2.5
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Labaroche 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labaroche | 2,231 | — | — | A+ | — | A |
| Orbey | 3,429 | 2.2 | — | B | — | A− |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble | 4,383 | 4.1 | A | B+ | B | C |
| Turckheim | 4,139 | 4.2 | A | C | A− | B+ |
| Munster | 4,738 | 5.3 | A+ | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Ingersheim | 4,774 | 5.3 | A− | C | A | C+ |
| Wintzenheim | 8,059 | 5.5 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Labaroche has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Labaroche is a commune of 2,231 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Kaysersberg. 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.