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Buswiller

Bas-Rhin · CC de Hanau-La Petite Pierre · INSEE 67068

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Buswiller (INSEE 67068) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de Hanau-La Petite Pierre. Population 281 (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/67068-buswiller

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,659 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.99109.87
Housing mix0.9754.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ETABLISSEMENT PROTESTANT). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE ETABLISSEMENT PROTESTANTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 201 2023: 281 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 213 (2012) → 281 (2023): 31.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 189 (1990) → 281 (2023): 48.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 1.7 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.4 km S (Ringendorf)GP — 1.4 km S (Ringendorf)Food shop — 2.1 km SE (Ettendorf)Pharmacy — 4.1 km NE (Val-de-Moder)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km SGP — 1.4 km SFood shop — 2.1 km SEPharmacy — 4.1 km NE 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 (Ringendorf): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ettendorf): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Ringendorf): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Val-de-Moder): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Buswiller): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the UHRWILLER_SAPC weather station, 7.2 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 230 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at UHRWILLER_SAPC, 7.2 km away at 217 m, over 13 summers. [12]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ALTECKENDORF, 4.7 km away at 174 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67068/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67068/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67068/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67068/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67403
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67135
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67372
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67068
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Jure5799 km W28323.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bouchavesnes-Bergen80360 km NW28316.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Gungwiller6730 km W28422.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Drincham59442 km NW28122.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Boinville-en-Mantois78425 km W28520.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Bécourt62453 km NW28020.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gungwiller6730 km W28422.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jure5799 km W28323.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bouchavesnes-Bergen80360 km NW28316.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Boinville-en-Mantois78425 km W28520.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Drincham59442 km NW28122.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Bécourt62453 km NW28020.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Buswiller'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Jure5799 km W28323.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Erlon02297 km W27819.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Venouse89304 km W28819.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Givrauval55165 km W28719.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Rainville88134 km W27117.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pichanges21234 km SW28522.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %