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Some 1,190 people live in this town, in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est.
Housing is within reach: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is a third of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is walkability (C−).
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Wolfgantzen 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 Wolfgantzen 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.
Wolfgantzen has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Wolfgantzen as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église catholique Saint-Louis, in Neuf-Brisach, 1.4 mi away.
3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wolfgantzen.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,650 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 7.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Collège pupils travel 1.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 129 | 89%+1 pt |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Wolfgantzen is Centre hospitalier Louis Pasteur Hospice Civil, 8.3 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 83 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 71, 14% fewer. In Haut-Rhin, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.5 years for women and 80.5 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
Degrees are held by 26% of adults, below Haut-Rhin’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Under-15s account for 16% of the population. Ages in Wolfgantzen split evenly at 46.8: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
| Wolfgantzen | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Graded property crimes ran at 6.4 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 2.4 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, other physical violence led the graded crimes in Wolfgantzen.
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 · When family violence, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (100.0% of the index here).
Heritage and museums in and near Wolfgantzen. Best known first.
MuseumChemin de fer touristique du Rhin3.5 km east, in VolgelsheimMuseumMuseumMusée Vauban2.3 km southeast, in Neuf-BrisachFortFortEnceinte de Neuf-Brisach2.3 km southeast, in Neuf-BrisachMuseumMuseumMusée Gallo-Romain de Biesheim3.6 km northeast, in BiesheimFortFortPorte du Fort Mortier4.7 km east, in VolgelsheimPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Wolfgantzen is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Wolfgantzen yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfgantzen | 1,190 | — | — | B+ | — | B |
| Volgelsheim | 2,720 | 2.3 | — | A− | — | C |
| Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine | 3,004 | 5.6 | — | C | — | B− |
| Horbourg-Wihr | 6,199 | 6 | A | C− | A+ | B− |
| Colmar | 66,970 | 7.8 | C+ | C | C− | B− |
| Marckolsheim Bas-Rhin | 4,398 | 9.6 | A | B | B+ | C+ |
| Wintzenheim | 8,059 | 9.7 | A− | C− | B | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Wolfgantzen has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Wolfgantzen is a commune of 1,190 people in the Communauté de communes Alsace Rhin Brisach. 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
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.