What it saves you on housing, it gives back elsewhere. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A): nine in ten residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 22% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At B− overall, Thann is better than 51% of compared French towns and ranks #30 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. It is strong on cost of living as well — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 34% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 6% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 1.1 jobs per working resident; 13.4% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B− for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · 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.
Each subject compares Thann 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thann.
History
Thann is rich in protected monuments: 18 per 10,000 residents, more than Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Thann is Ancienne collégiale Saint-Thiebault. On the Culture ministry’s list, Thann counts 14 historic monuments: 6 classé at the top level of protection and 8 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to the 13th century. Houses and mansions, 10 of the 14, make up the bulk.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Getting about on foot is easier in Thann than in 89% of compared French towns
Just over a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,680 a year. At the census, 3.2% of working residents in Thann didn’t travel to work at all.
22%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot11%
Public transport8%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
3,450
jobs based in Thann, 1.1 per working resident
13.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Thann loses more people than its age profile suggests, 106 per 100 expected, above 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. France’s death rates at each age would predict 806 deaths in Thann from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,038, 29% more. The nearest emergency department to Thann is Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller, 8.7 mi away. The town has 6 family doctors.
+6%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted106
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Thann · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
8.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller
11.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Clinique Diaconat Fonderie
85.5 · 80.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haut-Rhin, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
Children are 15% of the town. The 15-to-24 age group: 11%, higher than Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and near compared French towns (11%). Half of Thann is older than 45.6, half younger.
45.6median age
ThannHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
24%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Less crime per resident in Thann than in 52% of compared French towns
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 11.8 violent offenses and 9.2 graded property crimes a year. In all, 171 offenses reached the police record in Thann in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025).
11.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage66
Family violence39
Other physical violence24
Burglary24
Sexual violence18
Drug use53
Fraud43
Theft without violence38
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.
11.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
171
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.9%
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 · When armed robbery, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
86.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, a point below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Thann, 91.9% of lycée candidates passed the bac, close to both Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #36 of 51 in Haut-Rhin.
97%passed the bac (general and technological)B−School Grade
Ancienne collégiale Saint-Thiebault: Photo: Barbireau · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ancienne enceinte: Photo: Tangopaso · Public domain · Ancienne halle aux blés: Photo: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0 · Maison Moosbrugger: Photo: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0
Patrick Strzoda: Markov, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jean-Baptiste Gobel: Berdoletta, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Marcel Rieder: Marcel Rieder (1862-1942), Public domain · Michel Heinrich: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · François Merklen: Wilhjelm76, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Charles Risler: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Thann’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Thann
Is Thann safe?
It grades B− for safety, #35 of 45 in Haut-Rhin. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 24 burglaries and 66 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Thann good?
They grade B−, better than 49% of compared French towns and #36 of 51 in Haut-Rhin. 97% of 228 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Scheurer Kestner in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Thann
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Thann is a commune of 7,762 people in the Communauté de communes de Thann-Cernay. 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.
