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This town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est has a population of 1,518.
Munchhouse’s strongest is jobs & income (B+): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Homes are affordable: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Munchhouse 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 Munchhouse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Munchhouse 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 no building in Munchhouse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Ensisheim, 4.6 mi away.
3.8% 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 Munchhouse.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Munchhouse: 93 deaths for every 100 expected. France’s death rates at each age would predict 111 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 104, 7% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Munchhouse is Clinique Diaconat Fonderie, 10.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Munchhouse can choose among 3 GPs.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9.6% of residents. 20% of residents are 65 or over, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 28% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Munchhouse | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 5.6%. 7.6% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Munchhouse didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The graded crime recorded most in Munchhouse was sexual violence (2025). Violence against people ran at 3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 4.4 (2023–2025 average).
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, burglary, theft from vehicles and criminal damage, 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, 100.0% of the index here.
Nothing in Munchhouse 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 Munchhouse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munchhouse | 1,518 | — | — | B+ | — | C+ |
| Ensisheim | 7,306 | 4.8 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Ruelisheim | 2,519 | 5.6 | — | C− | — | B |
| Baldersheim | 2,596 | 5.7 | C+ | D | A− | C |
| Sausheim | 5,666 | 6.9 | C | C− | C+ | C |
| Wittenheim | 15,553 | 7 | C− | C− | B | D |
| Pulversheim | 3,069 | 7.1 | — | C− | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Munchhouse is a commune of 1,518 people in the Communauté de communes Alsace Rhin Brisach. 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.