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Some 1,083 people live in this town, in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est. 28% of residents are 65 or over.
People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 34% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Pupils here do better than most (A−): bac results 0.8 points above the expected rate; brevet results 4.8 points above the expected rate. Prices are high against local incomes (D): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 48% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around depends on the car (C).
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Zimmersheim 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.
The 2 things Zimmersheim does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Zimmersheim 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.
Zimmersheim 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 Zimmersheim as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne manufacture Zuber (antérieurement Commanderie des chevaliers teutoniques), in Rixheim, 1.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Zimmersheim. Best known first.
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse4.7 km northwest, in Mulhouse
ZooParc zoologique et botanique de Mulhouse3.2 km northwest, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée du papier peint2.8 km north, in Rixheim
MuseumMusée historique de Mulhouse4.7 km northwest, in Mulhouse
MuseumMusée de l'impression sur étoffes4.2 km northwest, in MulhouseChâteauChâteauBollwerk4.6 km northwest, in MulhousePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Zimmersheim.
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. 69 deaths in Zimmersheim between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 105: 34% below. The nearest emergency department to Zimmersheim is Hopital Emile Muller, 2 mi away.
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.
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.
Vocational results within 5 km: 86% passed the bac pro, of 284 candidates at 3 lycées. The nearest collège is 1.8 mi away. At the three general lycées, 96% of 732 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri UlrichNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 74 | 95%+7 pts |
| Lycée privé Don Bosco PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 143 | 100%+1 pt |
| Collège Saint-ExupéryBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 109 | 84%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
7.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.0%, lower than both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Zimmersheim has 100 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.2 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 8%, below both Haut-Rhin’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 12% of residents. Over-65s are 28% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haut-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Zimmersheim | Haut-Rhin median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 22% | 22% |
| No diploma | 7.4% | 18% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haut-Rhin median and France median: the median of compared communes
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 3.9 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 5.8. In 2025, family violence led the graded crimes in Zimmersheim.
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 other physical violence, burglary, 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).
Nothing in Zimmersheim 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 Zimmersheim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zimmersheim | 1,083 | — | — | D | — | A+ |
| Habsheim | 5,076 | 1.6 | A− | D− | A | B |
| Riedisheim | 12,200 | 2.1 | B | D | B+ | A− |
| Rixheim | 14,380 | 2.2 | B | D | B+ | B+ |
| Brunstatt-Didenheim | 8,259 | 3.2 | B− | D | B | C+ |
| Mulhouse | 104,978 | 3.4 | D− | C | D− | D |
| Illzach | 14,923 | 4 | D | C− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Zimmersheim has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 80% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 100% of 143 candidates passed the bac at Lycée privé Don Bosco in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Zimmersheim is a commune of 1,083 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. 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.