Few weak spots anywhere. Ribeauvillé grades A overall and ranks #7 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. Set against the rest, it does better than 94% of compared French towns. It is easy to get around without a car (A): 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its schools beat most: bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for cost of living and B− for health.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Ribeauvillé 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 Ribeauvillé.
History
Ribeauvillé is rich in protected monuments: 34 per 10,000 residents, more than in both Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The pre-1919 share of homes is 25%. Among the classé monuments in Ribeauvillé is Châteaux de Guirsberg, de Haut-Ribeaupierre et de Saint-Ulrich. On the Culture ministry’s list, Ribeauvillé counts 16 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 13 inscrit at the second. Houses and mansions, 9 of the 16, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
For walkability, Ribeauvillé ranks above 92% of compared French towns
Ribeauvillé holds 2,450 jobs; 2,050 of its residents are in work, so 1.2 jobs each. Just over a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 6.9% of working residents in Ribeauvillé didn’t travel to work at all.
22%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
On foot12%
Bicycle5%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,450
jobs based in Ribeauvillé, 1.2 per working resident
10.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,690
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 92% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Ribeauvillé, 99.0% passed the bac, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. School results put the town #13 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)A−School Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Ribeauvillé runs lower than in 78% of compared French towns
The police record for Ribeauvillé lists 81 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 8.1 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 7.7. The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
8.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage26
Family violence17
Sexual violence17
Burglary12
Other physical violence9
Armed robbery0
Theft without violence46
Fraud39
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.
8.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
81
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
5.7%
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 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, 5.7% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
An older town: 28% of people in Ribeauvillé are 65 or over, more than in both Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 count for 15% of the people here. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Graduates make up 33% of adults.
47.9median age
RibeauvilléHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
28%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education33%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B−
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Ribeauvillé run lower than in 52% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 667 deaths in Ribeauvillé from 2016 to 2025; there were 720, 8% more. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 87 per 100 expected, about level with compared French towns (88) and below Haut-Rhin’s towns (92). The nearest emergency department to Ribeauvillé is Centre hospitalier de Selestat, 7 mi away. This Haut-Rhin town has 8 family doctors.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw108
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
8
GPs in Ribeauvillé · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Selestat
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Ribeauvillé is €12.70/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €9.48/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.
€12.70/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Ribeauvillé€12.70/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€12.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.35 to €17.25/m² a month)
€9.48/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,030
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays de Ribeauvillé
Châteaux de Guirsberg, de Haut-Ribeaupierre et de Saint-Ulrich: Photo: Bernard Chenal · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Enceintes fortifiées urbaines: Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne église des Augustins, dite de la Providence: Photo: Psu973 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fontaine dite du Cerf, adossée à l'immeuble: Photo: Psu973 · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Ribeauvillé
Is Ribeauvillé safe?
It grades A− for safety, #14 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 26 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Ribeauvillé good?
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns and #13 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. The lycée stands out: 99% of 141 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Ribeaupierre in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Ribeauvillé
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Ribeauvillé is a commune of 4,685 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Ribeauvillé. 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
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.
