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Home to 1,315 people, this town lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Work and incomes are strong: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 6.1% unemployment. It is strong on cost of living as well — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is just over a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above 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). Oberhergheim 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 Oberhergheim 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.
Oberhergheim 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, Oberhergheim 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 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1979.
11% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Oberhergheim has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Stèle géodésique: Photo: Psu973 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Oberhergheim.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 108 deaths in Oberhergheim between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 89: 21% above. The nearest emergency department to Oberhergheim is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 8.2 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Oberhergheim have one GP on hand.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €12.70/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
Degrees are held by a quarter of adults. 19% are under 15, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Retirement age and beyond: 19% of residents are 65 or older.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Oberhergheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €28,850 a year per consumption unit, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, nearly one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Oberhergheim is Stèle géodésique. Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Oberhergheim as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Oberhergheim is a commune of 1,315 people in the Communauté de communes du Centre du Haut-Rhin. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberhergheim | 1,315 | — | — | B+ | — | D− |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine | 3,004 | 3 | — | C | — | B− |
| Rouffach | 4,238 | 4.5 | A | B+ | C+ | B− |
| Ensisheim | 7,306 | 7.4 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Volgelsheim | 2,720 | 7.8 | — | A− | — | C |
| Horbourg-Wihr | 6,199 | 8 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
| Colmar | 66,970 | 8 | C+ | C | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Oberhergheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.