Lorentzen
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 16.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lorentzen (INSEE 67274) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de l'Alsace Bossue. Population 230 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 16.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 41 % of the 16,802 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.32 | 10 | 3.19 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.69 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ETS 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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 ETS PROTESTANT | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 210 (2012) → 230 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 281 (1990) → 230 (2023): -18.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 131, of which 3.1 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Diemeringen): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Diemeringen): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Diemeringen): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Sarre-Union): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Lorentzen): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BERG weather station, 7.7 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 224 m. [11]
The village sits 126 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, 7.7 km away at 350 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 126 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, 7.7 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 — 67274/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67274/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67274/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67274/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 67095
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 67434
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 67274
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auvers-sous-Montfaucon | 72 | 544 km W | 231 | 22 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rilly-Sainte-Syre | 10 | 243 km W | 231 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Destord | 88 | 86 km SW | 234 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hours | 64 | 851 km SW | 231 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 % |
| Dours | 65 | 830 km SW | 225 | 24.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 % |
| Nizy-le-Comte | 02 | 237 km W | 225 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destord | 88 | 86 km SW | 234 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nizy-le-Comte | 02 | 237 km W | 225 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rilly-Sainte-Syre | 10 | 243 km W | 231 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Auvers-sous-Montfaucon | 72 | 544 km W | 231 | 22 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dours | 65 | 830 km SW | 225 | 24.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 57 % |
| Hours | 64 | 851 km SW | 231 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · 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 Lorentzen'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rilly-Sainte-Syre | 10 | 243 km W | 231 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nizy-le-Comte | 02 | 237 km W | 225 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Royaucourt-et-Chailvet | 02 | 272 km W | 226 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chaudun | 02 | 288 km W | 238 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buire-Courcelles | 80 | 320 km W | 220 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Wattignies-la-Victoire | 59 | 267 km NW | 240 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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