Sommerau

Identity

Sommerau (INSEE 67004) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC du Pays de Saverne. Population 1,523 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 3 former communes: Birkenwald (67041), Salenthal (67431), Singrist (67469). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/67004-sommerau

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 11,508 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE OBERT). ^[4]

1 × Restaurant (TRAITEUR THANK). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (MA PASSION). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE INTERCOMMUNALE DE LA SOMMERAU). ^[4]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE D'ALLENWILLER - SOMMERAU). ^[4]

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL AU CHASSEUR · HOTEL RESTAURANT DES VOSGES). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 1,425 (2012) → 1,523 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,105 (1990) → 1,523 (2023): 37.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 746, of which 7.2 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sommerau): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Hengwiller): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Romanswiller): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Marmoutier): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Sommerau): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the WANGENBOURG_SAPC weather station, 5.2 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 244 m. ^[13]

The village sits 216 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at WANGENBOURG_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 460 m, over 20 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 216 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,128 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at WANGENBOURG_SAPC, 5.2 km away at 460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67004/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67004/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67004/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67004/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67004
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67190
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67408
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67283
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024