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Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne

Bas-Rhin · CC du Pays de Saverne · INSEE 67129

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

Few services 32.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne (INSEE 67129) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC du Pays de Saverne. Population 601 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/67129-ernolsheim-les-saverne

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,050 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
Social0.48209.5
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.57105.69
Housing mix0.8954.46

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 0 of 1
Culture 1 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]

3 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU DAUBENSCHLAG · IL TAVALONE · A LA COURONNE). [4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOL PRIM PUB ETS PROTES). [4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ERNOLSHEIM-LÈS-SAVERNE MAIRIE). [4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant3AUBERGE DU DAUBENSCHLAG · IL TAVALONE · A LA COURONNEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOL PRIM PUB ETS PROTESINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ERNOLSHEIM-LÈS-SAVERNE MAIRIEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 465 peak 2012: 602 2023: 601 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 602 (2012) → 601 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 562 (1990) → 601 (2023): 6.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 314, of which 5.4 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.4 km NE (Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel)Food shop — 3.0 km SW (Saint-Jean-Saverne)Pharmacy — 3.3 km SE (Steinbourg)GP — 3.5 km SE (Steinbourg)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km NEFood shop — 3.0 km SWPharmacy — 3.3 km SEGP — 3.5 km SE 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 (Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-Saverne): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Steinbourg): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Steinbourg): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne): 0.1 km to the north (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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the WANGENBOURG_SAPC weather station, 17.4 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 227 m. [12]

The village sits 233 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. [12]

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

Humidity measured at WANGENBOURG_SAPC, 17.4 km away at 460 m, over 20 summers. [12]

That station sits 233 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at SAVERNE, 5.3 km away at 206 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 — 67129/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67129/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67129/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67129/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67103
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67425
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67478
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67129
  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
Cosswiller6718 km S61033Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Crisenoy77341 km W61128.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-sans-Avoir78409 km W61633.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Boullay-les-Troux91391 km W62433.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cournanel11754 km SW65934.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Thun-Saint-Martin59335 km NW54329.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cosswiller6718 km S61033Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Thun-Saint-Martin59335 km NW54329.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Crisenoy77341 km W61128.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Boullay-les-Troux91391 km W62433.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-sans-Avoir78409 km W61633.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cournanel11754 km SW65934.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · 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 Ernolsheim-lès-Saverne'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
Cosswiller6718 km S61033Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Crisenoy77341 km W61128.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-sans-Avoir78409 km W61633.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Boullay-les-Troux91391 km W62433.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Thun-Saint-Martin59335 km NW54329.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sars-et-Rosières59345 km NW62034.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %