Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 1,299 residents, it is a town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Schlierbach’s strongest subject is schools — bac results a point above the expected rate; brevet results 3.6 points above the expected rate. Jobs and pay hold up well: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on walkability — 21% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Schlierbach 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 Schlierbach 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.
Schlierbach 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 Schlierbach as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Fontaine publique, in Landser, 0.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Schlierbach.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
100.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Schlierbach, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 1 mi away. At the general lycée, 100% of 143 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège privé Don Bosco PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 147 | 100%+3 pts |
| Lycée privé Don Bosco PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 143 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Henri UlrichBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 74 | 95%+7 pts |
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.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haut-Rhin, women can expect to live 85.5 years and men 80.5 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Adjusted for age and care homes, Schlierbach records 95 deaths per 100 expected, close to Haut-Rhin’s towns (92) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 93 residents of Schlierbach died, against 97 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% fewer.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
Unemployment stands at 5.6%. At the census, 8.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% are under 15, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 43% of adults. Typical age in Schlierbach: 43.5, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Schlierbach | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Schlierbach 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 Schlierbach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schlierbach | 1,299 | — | — | A | — | C |
| Sierentz | 4,409 | 3.1 | A+ | A | B | A− |
| Habsheim | 5,076 | 3.2 | A− | D− | A | B |
| Kembs | 5,834 | 4.7 | A+ | A− | A | B |
| Rixheim | 14,380 | 4.7 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Riedisheim | 12,200 | 4.8 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Bartenheim | 4,211 | 4.9 | A | B | B+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Schlierbach 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 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Schlierbach is a commune of 1,299 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Louis Agglomération. 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 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.