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Mackwiller

Bas-Rhin · CC de l'Alsace Bossue · INSEE 67278

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

Few services 38/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mackwiller (INSEE 67278) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de l'Alsace Bossue. Population 525 (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/67278-mackwiller

Vitality score

Vitality score 38/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,698 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.33103.27
Housing mix0.9654.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SOC EXPLOITATION M GANGLOFF). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GILGERT PIERRETTE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)1SOC EXPLOITATION M GANGLOFFINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1GILGERT PIERRETTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE 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]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 672 peak 1982: 683 2023: 525 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 592 (2012) → 525 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 635 (1990) → 525 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 1.8 % second homes and 12 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 1.7 km NE (Diemeringen)Bakery — 1.8 km NE (Diemeringen)Pharmacy — 6.6 km S (Drulingen)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.7 km NEBakery — 1.8 km NEPharmacy — 6.6 km S 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 (Diemeringen): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mackwiller): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Diemeringen): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Drulingen): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Mackwiller): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

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

Measured at the BERG weather station, 4.9 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 250 m. [11]

The village sits 100 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, 4.9 km away at 350 m, over 21 summers. [11]

That station sits 100 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, 4.9 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67278/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67278/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67278/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67278/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67095
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67278
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67105
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Magneux-Haute-Rive42427 km SW55545.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Courset62428 km NW50544.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Cornillé-les-Caves49576 km W48442.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sandrans01359 km SW58245.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 97 %
Flachères38409 km S57948Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Lavergne46616 km SW48947.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sandrans01359 km SW58245.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 97 %
Flachères38409 km S57948Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Magneux-Haute-Rive42427 km SW55545.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Courset62428 km NW50544.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Cornillé-les-Caves49576 km W48442.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lavergne46616 km SW48947.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · 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 Mackwiller'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
Cornillé-les-Caves49576 km W48442.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Hoste5726 km NW56233.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Genainville95396 km W52234.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Morlincourt60309 km W50037Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Courcelles-de-Touraine37534 km W48342.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Paillart60361 km W57638.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %