Residents’ health trails most towns (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Soultzmatt 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 Soultzmatt 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Soultzmatt has a higher adjusted death rate than 65% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. Its care home for older people (75 places) counts its residents as Soultzmatt’s; allowing for it, deaths were 7% below expected. 309 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 238: 30% above.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Soultzmatt · 2.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller
9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Soultzmatt is rich in protected monuments: 40 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.
Among the classé monuments in Soultzmatt is Église catholique Saint-Sébastien. The Culture ministry lists 10 historic monuments here: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 7 inscrit (the second level). Protection here reaches back to the 11th century. 17% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (5.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Fewer people in Soultzmatt are out of work than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.8%
9.4% 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. Households’ median disposable income: €30,330 a year per consumption unit.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
500
jobs based in Soultzmatt, 0.4 per working resident
4.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€30,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 60% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Soultzmatt is a graduates’ town: 37% hold a degree, more than in both Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns
Children under 15 make up 15%, near Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). Soultzmatt has a median age of 46 years. Those 65 and older account for 23% of residents.
46median age
SoultzmattHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
23%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma12%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education37%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Soultzmatt
Is Soultzmatt safe?
Soultzmatt has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.3 recorded violent incidents and 3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Soultzmatt
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Soultzmatt is a commune of 2,487 people in the Communauté de communes de la Région de Guebwiller. 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.
