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Home to 1,178 people, this town lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability (D−).
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Muespach-le-Haut 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 Muespach-le-Haut does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Muespach-le-Haut 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.
Muespach-le-Haut has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Muespach-le-Haut as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Martin (chapelle du cimetière), in Oltingue, 4.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Muespach-le-Haut.
5.6% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 2.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
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.
House rents are put at about €14.40/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
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population. Typical age in Muespach-le-Haut: 41.8, the median.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Muespach-le-Haut | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Muespach-le-Haut is Pole Public Saint Louis Ghrmsa, 7.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 56 residents of Muespach-le-Haut died, against 65 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A.
Nothing in Muespach-le-Haut 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 Muespach-le-Haut 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muespach-le-Haut | 1,178 | — | — | A− | — | B− |
| Hésingue | 2,972 | 5.7 | A+ | B | A | B |
| Hégenheim | 3,410 | 5.8 | A | B− | B | B |
| Blotzheim | 5,282 | 5.8 | A | B | B+ | C |
| Bartenheim | 4,211 | 7.2 | A | B | B+ | D |
| Saint-Louis | 22,805 | 7.6 | B | B | C− | C+ |
| Sierentz | 4,409 | 7.7 | A+ | A | B | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Muespach-le-Haut has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Muespach-le-Haut is a commune of 1,178 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 9, 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.