Knœrsheim

Identity

Knœrsheim (INSEE 67245) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de la Mossig et du Vignoble. Population 188 (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/67245-knoersheim

Vitality score

Vitality score 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 15,585 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

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

1 × Restaurant (S'LANDSTUEBEL). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 213 (2012) → 188 (2023): -11.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 174 (1990) → 188 (2023): 8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 86, of which 1.2 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Willgottheim): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Landersheim): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Wasselonne): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Willgottheim): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Hohengœft): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the WANGENBOURG_SAPC weather station, 12.1 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 208 m. ^[12]

The village sits 252 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, 12.1 km away at 460 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 252 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 720 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ZEHNACKER, 1.5 km away at 255 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 — 67245/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67245/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67245/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67245/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67532
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67258
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67520
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67208
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024