Health is a strength (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results are strong: brevet results a point above the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for cost of living and B− for walkability. Just over one in ten homes here are second homes.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Lapoutroie 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 Lapoutroie 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 Lapoutroie.
HealthHealth A−
Mortality in Lapoutroie, once ages and care homes are allowed for, undercuts Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns: 78 per 100 expected
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. 260 deaths in Lapoutroie between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 256: 2% above. The nearest emergency department to Lapoutroie is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 9.4 mi away. One GP practises locally.
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Lapoutroie · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil
9.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 27% of people in Lapoutroie are 65 or over, more than in both Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
15% of residents are children under 15. The 15-to-24 age group: 8.6%, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Ages in Lapoutroie split evenly at 51: half are older, half younger.
51median age
LapoutroieHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
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%.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Lapoutroie keeps more of its old housing than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Lapoutroie has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Champ de bataille de la Tête-des-Faux. The oldest protected building goes back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Fewer people in Lapoutroie are out of work than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.2%
Lapoutroie holds 700 jobs; 800 of its residents are in work, so 0.9 jobs each. The median disposable income is €26,540 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 2.8% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving79%
On foot8%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
700
jobs based in Lapoutroie, 0.9 per working resident
8.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,540
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 50% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Lapoutroie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The commonest graded crime in Lapoutroie was criminal damage (2025). Over 2025, Lapoutroie logged 16 recorded offenses. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.8 violent offenses and 8.5 graded property crimes a year.
3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage9
Family violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud13
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.
3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
40.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 40.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Musée des Eaux de Vie and 7 more in and around Lapoutroie
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Lapoutroie. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Lapoutroie
Is Lapoutroie safe?
Lapoutroie has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Lapoutroie good?
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Lapoutroie
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Lapoutroie is a commune of 1,881 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
Population
1,881 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Kaysersberg
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.
