Merkwiller-Pechelbronn

Bas-Rhin · CC Sauer-Pechelbronn · INSEE 67290

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

Partly served 56.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Merkwiller-Pechelbronn (INSEE 67290) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC Sauer-Pechelbronn. Population 927 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 56.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 14,808 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.62	10	6.24
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LES DOUCEURS D'AURELIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (GRILL PARTY SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (DOMI PIZZA · AUBERGE DU BAECHEL-BRUNN). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES THERMES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MERKWILLER PECHELBRONN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE MERKWILLER-PECHELBRONN ESPACE CULTUREL DORIS KUHN). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT A L'ETOILE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES DOUCEURS D'AURELIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	GRILL PARTY SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	DOMI PIZZA · AUBERGE DU BAECHEL-BRUNN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES THERMES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MERKWILLER PECHELBRONN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE DE MERKWILLER-PECHELBRONN ESPACE CULTUREL DORIS KUHN	INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT A L'ETOILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 778 peak 2012: 970 2023: 927 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 970 (2012) → 927 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 825 (1990) → 927 (2023): 12.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 444, of which 1.4 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 1.8 km WGP — 2.2 km NW 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 (Preuschdorf): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Merkwiller-Pechelbronn): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lampertsloch): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Merkwiller-Pechelbronn): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Merkwiller-Pechelbronn): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.7

Days at or below 0 °C 65.6

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PREUSCHDORF weather station, 1.8 km away at 167 m; the village itself is at 156 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at HEGENEY SA, 8.7 km away at 185 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

An average of 847 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PREUSCHDORF, 1.8 km away at 167 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 — 67290/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67290/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67290/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67290/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67379
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67290
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67257
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
Vincelles	89	339 km W	913	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cléon-d'Andran	26	529 km SW	1,004	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Alban	81	696 km SW	964	63	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 88 %
Trun	61	570 km W	1,165	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Fauquembergues	62	451 km NW	932	76.1	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre-sur-Salon	70	221 km SW	1,234	42.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dampierre-sur-Salon	70	221 km SW	1,234	42.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vincelles	89	339 km W	913	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fauquembergues	62	451 km NW	932	76.1	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Cléon-d'Andran	26	529 km SW	1,004	55	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Trun	61	570 km W	1,165	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Alban	81	696 km SW	964	63	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 88 %

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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 Merkwiller-Pechelbronn'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
Vincelles	89	339 km W	913	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cousance	39	324 km SW	1,287	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Rittershoffen	67	10 km SE	928	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Le Cheix-sur-Morge	63	482 km SW	695	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-Lespinasse	42	428 km SW	1,225	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Domblans	39	293 km SW	1,186	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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