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The town has 1,001 residents and lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−). Health is a weak point (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few residents are of retirement age: 15% are 65 or over.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Rustenhart 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 2 things Rustenhart does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Rustenhart 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.
Rustenhart 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 Rustenhart as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Stèle géodésique, in Oberhergheim, 3.2 mi away.
3.7% 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 Rustenhart.
3.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €31,320 a year per consumption unit. Also worth knowing: at the census, 2.4% of working residents in Rustenhart didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Rustenhart records 103 deaths per 100 expected, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 67 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 69, 3% more. The nearest emergency department to Rustenhart is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 11.1 mi away. In Haut-Rhin, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B.
Degrees are held by 36% of adults. 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Rustenhart in two is 38.3.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Rustenhart | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 36% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
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
Nothing in Rustenhart 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 Rustenhart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustenhart | 1,001 | — | — | B− | — | C− |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine | 3,004 | 5.9 | — | C | — | B− |
| Volgelsheim | 2,720 | 6.4 | — | A− | — | C |
| Ensisheim | 7,306 | 7.6 | B− | C+ | B+ | C |
| Rouffach | 4,238 | 7.7 | A | B+ | C+ | B− |
| Ruelisheim | 2,519 | 9.5 | — | C− | — | B |
| Horbourg-Wihr | 6,199 | 10 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Rustenhart has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 14.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Rustenhart is a commune of 1,001 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 October 30, 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.