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Niederlauterbach

Bas-Rhin · CC de la Plaine du Rhin · INSEE 67327

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

Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Niederlauterbach (INSEE 67327) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de la Plaine du Rhin. Population 941 (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/67327-niederlauterbach

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 14,700 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.72107.24
Housing mix0.9554.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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) (BOULANGERIE SONNTAG). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SAVEURS ET DELICES · BRASSERIE DU GARCON POINTU). [3,4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (NIEDERLAUTERBACH AP). [3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE NIEDERLAUTERBACH PLAISIR DE LIRE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE SONNTAGINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2SAVEURS ET DELICES · BRASSERIE DU GARCON POINTUINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ETS CATHOLIQUEINSEE 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 postale1NIEDERLAUTERBACH APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1POINT LECTURE DE NIEDERLAUTERBACH PLAISIR DE LIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 632 peak 2017: 965 2023: 941 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 949 (2012) → 941 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 769 (1990) → 941 (2023): 22.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 487, of which 2.3 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 0.7 km E (Niederlauterbach)GP — 3.7 km W (Schleithal)Food shop — 4.3 km E (Scheibenhard)Pharmacy — 6.0 km SE (Mothern)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km EGP — 3.7 km WFood shop — 4.3 km EPharmacy — 6.0 km SE 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 (Niederlauterbach): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Scheibenhard): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Schleithal): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Mothern): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Niederlauterbach): 0 km to the north-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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the SCHEIBENHARD weather station, 3.5 km away at 144 m; the village itself is at 147 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at SCHEIBENHARD, 3.5 km away at 144 m, over 18 summers. [12]

An average of 767 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at SCHEIBENHARD, 3.5 km away at 144 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

No price figures: this département keeps the livre foncier rather than the cadastre, so its transactions are not published in DVF at all. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67327/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67327/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67327/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67327/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67327
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67443
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67451
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67305
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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
Gemeaux21275 km SW97444.4Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Rittershoffen6713 km SW92840.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Trémery57140 km W96551.9Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 100 %
Ceintrey54150 km W88939.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Villalier11772 km SW97240.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Preuschdorf6722 km W88641.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rittershoffen6713 km SW92840.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Preuschdorf6722 km W88641.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Trémery57140 km W96551.9Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 100 %
Ceintrey54150 km W88939.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Gemeaux21275 km SW97444.4Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Villalier11772 km SW97240.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Niederlauterbach'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
Odenas69412 km SW93841.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Barbières26500 km SW1,14332.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Uchizy71365 km SW83143.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Fresnes-sur-Marne77391 km W94848.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chabournay86636 km W1,27432.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche21326 km SW92748.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %