Melsheim

Identity

Melsheim (INSEE 67287) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC du Pays de la Zorn. Population 554 (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/67287-melsheim

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 17,489 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 (RESTAURANT AU TILLEUL). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE MELSHEIM). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 575 (2012) → 554 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 478 (1990) → 554 (2023): 15.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 1.3 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Wilwisheim): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hochfelden): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Hochfelden): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dettwiller): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Wilwisheim): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the WALTENHEIM-SUR-ZORN weather station, 6.7 km away at 252 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[11]

The village sits 72 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at WALTENHEIM-SUR-ZORN, 6.7 km away at 252 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 72 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 659 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at WALTENHEIM-SUR-ZORN, 6.7 km away at 252 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 — 67287/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67287/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67287/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67287/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67534
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67202
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67089
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024