Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, home to 1,323 people, lies in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
School results are strong: bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Its weakest is walkability (C) — 49% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Nearly a quarter of homes here are second homes.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Stosswihr 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 Stosswihr 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.
Stosswihr has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Stosswihr does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Stosswihr, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 2023.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Stosswihr has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Stosswihr.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Stosswihr is 100.0%, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Fréderic HartmannNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 135 | 94%+2 pts |
| Lycée Frédéric KirschlegerNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 94 | 100%+2 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.
At birth, a girl in Haut-Rhin can expect 85.5 years and a boy 80.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 136 deaths in Stosswihr from 2016 to 2025; there were 96, 29% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Stosswihr is Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges Antenne Smur A Gerardmer, 10.3 mi away. This Haut-Rhin town has 3 family doctors.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 6.7% of commuters travelled at the census. 200 jobs are based in Stosswihr, for 600 working residents (0.3 per worker). The median disposable income was €26,810 a year per consumption unit, near both Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over a quarter of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 16%, close to Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). At 49.2, the median resident of Stosswihr sits in the middle of the age range.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Stosswihr | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Protection here reaches back to the 20th century. Before 1919: that is when 3% of homes were built.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
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
Family days out, other places to visit and museums in and near Stosswihr. Best known first.
MuseumMusée-Mémorial du Linge4.6 km northeast, in OrbeyAttractionAttractionHirschsteinein townGardenGardenParc Albert Schweitzer3.5 km southeast, in MunsterMuseumMuseumMusée de la Schlitte et des métiers du bois3.2 km south, in Muhlbach-sur-MunsterAttractionAttractionDeutscher Bunker Wk11.5 km south, in MunsterPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Stosswihr yet.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Stosswihr is a commune of 1,323 people in the Communauté de communes de la Vallée de Munster. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stosswihr | 1,323 | — | — | C+ | — | A |
| Munster | 4,738 | 1.9 | A+ | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Orbey | 3,429 | 5.5 | — | B | — | A− |
| Turckheim | 4,139 | 8.7 | A | C | A− | B+ |
| Wintzenheim | 8,059 | 9.5 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
| Buhl | 3,100 | 9.6 | A | A− | A | C |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble | 4,383 | 9.9 | A | B+ | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Stosswihr has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 5.1 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 92% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 94 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Frédéric Kirschleger in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
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.