Butten

Bas-Rhin · CC de l'Alsace Bossue · INSEE 67072

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 23.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Butten (INSEE 67072) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de l'Alsace Bossue. Population 640 (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/67072-butten

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 16,807 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.39	10	3.93
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 694 peak 1990: 717 2023: 640 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 663 (2012) → 640 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 717 (1990) → 640 (2023): -10.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 1.9 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.2 km SWGP — 4.2 km SWPharmacy — 6.7 km E 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 (Butten): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Diemeringen): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Diemeringen): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montbronn): 6.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Butten): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.6

Days at or below 0 °C 53

Muggy days a summer 1

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 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERG weather station, 10.9 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 262 m. ^[11]

The village sits 88 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BERG, 10.9 km away at 350 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 88 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 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BERG, 10.9 km away at 350 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 — 67072/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67072/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67072/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67072/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67072
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57477
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
Gunstett	67	40 km E	633	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Le Bocasse	76	451 km W	654	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Aurice	40	829 km SW	633	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Matougues	51	217 km W	636	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Surques	62	428 km NW	624	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Dracy-Saint-Loup	71	306 km SW	641	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gunstett	67	40 km E	633	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Matougues	51	217 km W	636	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Dracy-Saint-Loup	71	306 km SW	641	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Surques	62	428 km NW	624	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Le Bocasse	76	451 km W	654	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Aurice	40	829 km SW	633	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Butten'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
Gunstett	67	40 km E	633	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Matougues	51	217 km W	636	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Franvillers	80	358 km W	558	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Thennes	80	356 km W	552	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Hohengœft	67	39 km SE	539	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Abbeville-Saint-Lucien	60	372 km W	499	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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