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Sierentz, L'auberge Saint-Laurent
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SierentzHaut-Rhin

This town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est has a population of 4,409.

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Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 2.5
Sierentz, L'auberge Saint-Laurent

Sierentz, Haut-Rhin · Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 2.5

Is Sierentz a good place to live?

Sierentz’s best grade is for jobs & income (A) — 0.8 jobs per working resident; 7.1% unemployment. Schools do well: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Overall, that makes an A+, good for #1 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. It comes out better than almost every compared French town.

Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.

What makes Sierentz stand out

The one thing Sierentz does most differently from other towns.

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How Sierentz grades

Each subject compares Sierentz 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.

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Sierentz’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Sierentz’s story

No historic monuments in Sierentz

The Culture ministry lists no building in Sierentz as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Fontaine publique, in Landser, 3.9 mi away.

4.2% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sierentz.

Schools

95.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For exam results, it comes #9 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.

95.0%passed the brevetASchool Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Sierentz95.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollègeCollège10495%+2 pts
95.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +2 pts against the expected rate
0.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

HousingCost of living A

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Sierentz is €13.47/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €15.91/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.

€13.47/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sierentz€13.47/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€13.47/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.89 to €16.65/m² a month)
€15.91/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€36,650
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Louis Agglomération

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth A−

Sierentz loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 77 per 100 expected, below Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

Life expectancy at birth in Haut-Rhin is 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 477 residents of Sierentz died, against 418 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. The nearest emergency department to Sierentz is Pole Public Saint Louis Ghrmsa, 6.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Sierentz can choose among 3 GPs.

−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw114
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Sierentz · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Pole Public Saint Louis Ghrmsa
7.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Emile Muller
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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.

Work & commuteJobs & income A

Sierentz is better off than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €37,960 a year per consumption unit

Unemployment stood at 7.1%, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Sierentz didn’t travel to work at all. 15.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport.

16%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
Public transport10%
On foot4%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,700
jobs based in Sierentz, 0.8 per working resident
7.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€37,960
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 74% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

A younger town: only 17% of people in Sierentz are 65 or over, fewer than in both Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns

The under-15s are 19% of the population here. The 15-to-24 age group: 9.7%, near Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and lower than compared French towns (11%). Graduates make up nearly two in five adults.

39.6median age
SierentzHaut-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education39%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sierentz
SierentzHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 1519%16%17%
15–249.7%10%11%
25–4429%24%23%
45–6425%27%26%
65+17%22%22%
No diploma14%18%19%
CAP or BEP27%29%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education39%31%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes

Safety

Sierentz ranks below 60% of compared French towns for crime per resident

2025 saw 78 offenses recorded in Sierentz. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.7 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 12.7. In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes here.

6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade

Recorded by type · 2025

Criminal damage19
Family violence17
Other physical violence16
Theft from vehicles15
Burglary11
Theft without violence43
Fraud27

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.

6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
78
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.8%
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 sexual violence, armed robbery and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.8% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Sierentz

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Landmarks

Nothing in Sierentz is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Sierentz

5 notable people were born in Sierentz.

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Photo credits

Louis Dagobert Scherer: Brunogenealogie, CC BY-SA 3.0

Sierentz’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Haut-Rhin →
BartenheimKembsBlotzheimHabsheimHésingueVillage-NeufBartenheimKembsBlotzheimHabsheimHésingueVillage-NeufSierentz
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sierentz4,409—A+ABA−
Bartenheim4,2111.8ABB+D
Kembs5,8342.6A+A−AB
Blotzheim5,2824.1ABB+C
Habsheim5,0765.5A−D−AB
Hésingue2,9726.1A+BAB
Village-Neuf4,7096.2A−B+A−D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Sierentz

Is Sierentz safe?

It grades B for safety, #31 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 19 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Sierentz good?

They grade A, better than 89% of compared French towns and #9 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

About Sierentz

Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est

Sierentz is a commune of 4,409 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

Population
4,409 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Saint-Louis Agglomération
Département
Haut-Rhin (68)
Région
Grand Est
Area
5.1 sq mi (13.2 km²)
INSEE code
68309

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.