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A town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, home to 1,060 people.
School results are strong: brevet results a point above the expected rate. It is strong on cost of living as well: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (C−). Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: 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 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Obersaasheim 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 Obersaasheim 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.
Obersaasheim has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Obersaasheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Place d'Armes Général-de-Gaulle (anciennement Place Centrale), in Neuf-Brisach, 2.3 mi away.
4.8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Obersaasheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Obersaasheim.
Per resident in work, Obersaasheim counts 0.1 jobs (50 jobs, 550 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €28,970 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 2.7% of working residents in Obersaasheim to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 69 deaths in Obersaasheim from 2016 to 2025; there were 67, 2% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88) alike. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Obersaasheim is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 11.9 mi away. 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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 11 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 89%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €12.48/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 26% of adults, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). At 45.6, the median resident of Obersaasheim sits in the middle of the age range. Children under 15 make up 17% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Obersaasheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums and heritage in and near Obersaasheim. Best known first.
MuseumChemin de fer touristique du Rhin3.3 km north, in VolgelsheimMuseumMuseumMusée Vauban3.7 km northwest, in Neuf-BrisachFortFortEnceinte de Neuf-Brisach3.8 km northwest, in Neuf-BrisachFortFortPorte du Fort Mortier4.5 km north, in VolgelsheimMuseumMuseumMAUSA Vauban3.7 km northwest, in Neuf-BrisachChâteauChâteauOuvrage de Heiteren2.2 km northwest, in AlgolsheimPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Obersaasheim yet.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Obersaasheim is a commune of 1,060 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obersaasheim | 1,060 | — | — | B+ | — | C |
| Volgelsheim | 2,720 | 1.8 | — | A− | — | C |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine | 3,004 | 8.2 | — | C | — | B− |
| Horbourg-Wihr | 6,199 | 9.7 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
| Colmar | 66,970 | 11 | C+ | C | C− | B− |
| Marckolsheim Bas-Rhin | 4,398 | 12 | A | B | B+ | C+ |
| Rouffach | 4,238 | 12 | A | B+ | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Obersaasheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 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 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.