Orbey’s best grade is for health: 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. The rest of its grades are middling: B for cost of living and B− for walkability.
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. Orbey has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Orbey 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 Orbey.
HealthHealth A−
Fewer deaths than Orbey’s ages would predict, 78 per 100 expected, under Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Orbey can choose among 5 GPs. The nearest emergency department to Orbey is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 9 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 468 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 428, 8% fewer. In Haut-Rhin, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−22%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted78
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Orbey · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil
9 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
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Orbey keeps more of its old housing than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Orbey has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Cimetière Duchêne. Protection here reaches 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+
Unemployment in Orbey, 8.0%, runs below Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Per resident in work, Orbey counts 0.9 jobs (1,300 jobs, 1,500 workers). 9.5% 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%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,160 a year per consumption unit.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,300
jobs based in Orbey, 0.9 per working resident
8.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,160
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 46% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Orbey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
The graded crime recorded most in Orbey was family violence (2025). The 2025 count: 18 offenses locally. Violence against people averaged 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 3.7.
3.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence9
Criminal damage9
Armed robbery0
Fraud22
Theft without violence8
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.
3.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
3.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
29.9%
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, 29.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nearby attractions
Musée-Mémorial du Linge and 6 more in and around Orbey
Museums, other places to visit and heritage in and near Orbey. Best known first.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Orbey
Is Orbey safe?
Orbey has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Are schools in Orbey good?
They grade B+, better than 75% of compared French towns and #21 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Orbey
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Orbey is a commune of 3,429 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
3,429 (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.
