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1,773 residents make their home in this town in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 9.7% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Willer-sur-Thur 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 Willer-sur-Thur 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.
Willer-sur-Thur has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Willer-sur-Thur does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Willer-sur-Thur as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cimetière militaire, in Moosch, 1.4 mi away.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Willer-sur-Thur is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Willer-sur-Thur.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Willer-sur-Thur is Centre hospitalier de Guebwiller, 8 mi away. Adjusted for age and care homes, Willer-sur-Thur records 103 deaths per 100 expected, above both Haut-Rhin’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 191 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 196, 3% more. Average lifespans in Haut-Rhin: 85.5 years for women, 80.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Willer-sur-Thur is 82.0%, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (93.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The nearest collège is 2.6 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Rémy FaeschNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 71 | 80%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Charles PointetNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 119 | 82%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 11.6% of commuters at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,770 a year per consumption unit, in line with Haut-Rhin’s towns (€27,690) and compared French towns (€25,970). The unemployment rate comes to 9.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 8.9%. People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, above Haut-Rhin’s towns (22%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Typical age in Willer-sur-Thur: 49.9, the median.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Willer-sur-Thur | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Willer-sur-Thur. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 4.2 cases of violence against people and 6.7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). All told, Willer-sur-Thur had 17 recorded offenses in 2025.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 48.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Willer-sur-Thur. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Willer-sur-Thur.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Willer-sur-Thur is a commune of 1,773 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willer-sur-Thur | 1,773 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Thann | 7,762 | 2.9 | B− | B+ | B− | D |
| Vieux-Thann | 2,866 | 3.7 | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Cernay | 12,057 | 5.4 | B− | B− | B− | D− |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck | 3,594 | 6.1 | A+ | A | A− | C− |
| Soultz-Haut-Rhin | 7,012 | 7.6 | A | B+ | A− | C |
| Guebwiller | 11,243 | 7.8 | C+ | B | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Willer-sur-Thur has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 33% of compared French towns. 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 8, 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.