Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, home to 1,528 people.
Schools are its strong suit — bac results 7 points above the expected rate; brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Health is another plus — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 39% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Sentheim 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 Sentheim 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.
Sentheim 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 Sentheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye, in Masevaux-Niederbruck, 2.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sentheim.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 93% of 28 candidates passed the bac pro. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.3 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.7 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Conrad Alexandre GérardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 95 | 100%+6 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Joseph VogtNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 28 | 93%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · 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. From 2016 to 2025, 113 residents of Sentheim died, against 163 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 31% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Sentheim is Centre hospitalier Saint Morand D Altkirch, 13 mi away.
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.
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
People aged 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 26% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Sentheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Half of residents lived on more than €28,570 a year per consumption unit, near Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Sentheim number 500, against 700 residents in work (0.7 per worker). The census found 7.2% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Sentheim. Best known first.
Nothing in Sentheim is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Sentheim.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sentheim | 1,528 | — | — | A | — | A+ |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck | 3,594 | 3.1 | A+ | A | A− | C− |
| Thann | 7,762 | 4.3 | B− | B+ | B− | D |
| Vieux-Thann | 2,866 | 4.7 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Cernay | 12,057 | 6.8 | B− | B− | B− | D− |
| Wittelsheim | 10,645 | 9.3 | C+ | C+ | B+ | C− |
| Morschwiller-le-Bas | 3,694 | 10 | B− | C− | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sentheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 4.5 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 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Sentheim is a commune of 1,528 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de la Doller et du Soultzbach. 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.