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Matzenheim

Bas-Rhin · CC du Canton d'Erstein · INSEE 67285

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

Partly served 40.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Matzenheim (INSEE 67285) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC du Canton d'Erstein. Population 1,494 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/67285-matzenheim

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 11,660 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.2203.93
Education0.78107.77
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.82108.22
Housing mix0.9954.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA COURONNE). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). [3]

1 × Collège (A.C.E.E.M.M. INSTITUT SAINT JOSEPH). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KATHIA WETTERWALD, MÉDECIN · LISA MEYER, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU COLLEGE). [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MATZENHEIM). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (COUPE ET TIFF · FACE AU MIROIR). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant1LA COURONNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)3ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPHINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège1A.C.E.E.M.M. INSTITUT SAINT JOSEPHINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2KATHIA WETTERWALD, MÉDECIN · LISA MEYER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DU COLLEGEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MATZENHEIMINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2COUPE ET TIFF · FACE AU MIROIRINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 667 2023: 1,494 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,416 (2012) → 1,494 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,130 (1990) → 1,494 (2023): 32.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 664, of which 0.5 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 0.6 km SW (Matzenheim)GP — 0.8 km SE (Matzenheim)Food shop — 1.2 km SW (Sand)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.6 km SWGP — 0.8 km SEFood shop — 1.2 km SW 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 (Matzenheim): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sand): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Matzenheim): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Matzenheim): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Matzenheim): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the DIEBOLSHEIM weather station, 12.5 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 157 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at STRASBOURG-ENTZHEIM, 17.2 km away at 150 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BARR, 12.2 km away at 193 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67285/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67285/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67285/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67285/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67285
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67433
  10. 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
Dingsheim6726 km N1,23734.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Vœuil-et-Giget16647 km SW1,59136.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Anstaing59404 km NW1,63141.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Pfulgriesheim6728 km N1,28235.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Denguin64842 km SW1,76539.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 16 % · humidity 7 %
Péchabou31721 km SW2,44937.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 38 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dingsheim6726 km N1,23734.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Pfulgriesheim6728 km N1,28235.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Anstaing59404 km NW1,63141.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Vœuil-et-Giget16647 km SW1,59136.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Péchabou31721 km SW2,44937.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 38 % · humidity 64 %
Denguin64842 km SW1,76539.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 16 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Matzenheim'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
Westhouse672.6 km W1,63933.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Versonnex01259 km SW2,18236.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Daix21228 km SW1,51538Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-le-Duc25171 km SW2,04257.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Battenheim6867 km S1,56044Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fragnes-La Loyère71271 km SW1,41138.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %