Balbronn

Bas-Rhin · CC de la Mossig et du Vignoble · INSEE 67018

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Balbronn (INSEE 67018) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de la Mossig et du Vignoble. Population 681 (2023). ^[1]

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

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/67018-balbronn

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 16,494 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.67	10	6.72
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE L'ELMERFORST). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BALBRONN RP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	AUBERGE DE L'ELMERFORST	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BALBRONN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 600 2023: 681 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 634 (2012) → 681 (2023): 7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 581 (1990) → 681 (2023): 17.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 322, of which 3.1 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.7 km SEPharmacy — 1.9 km NBakery — 2.1 km NFood shop — 2.2 km N Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Westhoffen): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Westhoffen): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bergbieten): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Westhoffen): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Balbronn): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.3

Days at or below 0 °C 50.8

Muggy days a summer 2

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the WANGENBOURG_SAPC weather station, 11.6 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 232 m. ^[11]

The village sits 228 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at WANGENBOURG_SAPC, 11.6 km away at 460 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 228 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,050 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COSSWILLER, 7.4 km away at 445 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67525
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67030
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67018
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moulidars	16	652 km SW	662	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Foulain	52	175 km W	673	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-le-Sec	91	394 km W	690	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lansac	33	722 km SW	663	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Oisseau-le-Petit	72	542 km W	671	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Garganvillar	82	708 km SW	675	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Foulain	52	175 km W	673	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-le-Sec	91	394 km W	690	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Oisseau-le-Petit	72	542 km W	671	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Moulidars	16	652 km SW	662	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Garganvillar	82	708 km SW	675	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Lansac	33	722 km SW	663	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Balbronn's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boissy-le-Sec	91	394 km W	690	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Heilles	60	386 km W	644	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Esmery-Hallon	80	346 km NW	715	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Giou-de-Mamou	15	553 km SW	728	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Joux	69	379 km SW	752	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-les-Bordes	77	324 km W	610	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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