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WinkelHaut-Rhin

It is a town of 301 residents in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.

Is Winkel a good place to live?

There are no grades for Winkel: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Winkel stand out

The one thing Winkel does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Winkel

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

The nearest classé monument is Ruines du château de Morimont, in Oberlarg, 2.5 mi away.

35% 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 Winkel.

Who lives here

Few people in Winkel are 15 to 24: 6.1%, fewer than in Haut-Rhin’s towns and compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 12%, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Typical age in Winkel: 54.1, the median.

54.1median age
WinkelHaut-Rhin medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Winkel
WinkelHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Under 1512%16%17%
15–246.1%10%11%
25–4422%24%23%
45–6431%27%26%
65+29%22%22%
No diploma19%18%19%
CAP or BEP31%29%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education24%31%30%

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Winkel run higher than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns: a median €33,350 a year per consumption unit

12.4% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 4.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. Winkel has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.4 per worker.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Winkel, 0.4 per working resident
12.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€33,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Renting in Winkel costs less than in Haut-Rhin’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €11.05/m² a month

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

€11.05/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Winkel€11.05/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haut-Rhin median€12.78/m²
€11.05/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.95 to €13.64/m² a month)
€10.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Château du Morimont and 2 more in and around Winkel

Heritage in and near Winkel. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Winkel

11pages on Winkel

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Winkel

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Winkel yet.

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Winkel’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 →
AltkirchDelleHégenheimHésingueGrandvillarsBlotzheimAltkirchDelleHégenheimHésingueGrandvillarsBlotzheimWinkel
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Winkel301—————
Altkirch5,68711AACC+
Delle Territoire de Belfort5,62313C−ADC
Hégenheim3,41014AB−BB
Hésingue2,97214A+BAB
Grandvillars Territoire de Belfort2,94715BAA−C
Blotzheim5,28215ABB+C

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

About Winkel

Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est

Winkel is a commune of 301 people in the Communauté de communes Sundgau. 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
301 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Sundgau
Département
Haut-Rhin (68)
Région
Grand Est
Area
3 sq mi (7.8 km²)
INSEE code
68373

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.