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Niedernai

Bas-Rhin · CC du Pays de Sainte-Odile · INSEE 67329

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

Few services 35.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Niedernai (INSEE 67329) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC du Pays de Sainte-Odile. Population 1,225 (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/67329-niedernai

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 13,095 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0.39103.88
Public & culture050
Population trend0.8108
Housing mix0.9754.84

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 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON BOTTEN). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ALSA'PRIMA PIZZ). [3,4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SAINTE BARBE · L'ODYSEE). [3]

1 × Collège (L'ODYSEE). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DIDIER MORITZ, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE THELLIER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BAPTISTE ROTH, MÉDECIN). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'ENVIE DE PL'HAIR · AU FIL DES SAISONS). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MAISON BOTTENINSEE 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]
Restaurant1ALSA'PRIMA PIZZINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SAINTE BARBE · L'ODYSEEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1L'ODYSEEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3DIDIER MORITZ, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE THELLIER, MÉDECIN · JEAN-BAPTISTE ROTH, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [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]
Hairdresser3L'ENVIE DE PL'HAIR · AU FIL DES SAISONSINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 690 peak 2017: 1,270 2023: 1,225 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,207 (2012) → 1,225 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 942 (1990) → 1,225 (2023): 30 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 577, of which 1.6 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.6 km NW (Obernai)Pharmacy — 1.8 km NW (Obernai)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.6 km NWPharmacy — 1.8 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 (Niedernai): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Obernai): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Niedernai): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Obernai): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Niedernai): 0 km to the south-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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LE HOHWALD weather station, 12.9 km away at 785 m; the village itself is at 163 m. [10]

The village sits 622 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. [10]

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

Humidity measured at STRASBOURG-ENTZHEIM, 14.2 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, 6.3 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 — 67329/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67329/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67329/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67329/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67329
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67348
  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
Beaupuy31705 km SW1,28326Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Pfulgriesheim6724 km NE1,28235.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Otterswiller6732 km N1,30935.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bernardswiller673.8 km W1,47335.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sommerviller5487 km W1,01030.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Médan78409 km W1,28926.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bernardswiller673.8 km W1,47335.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pfulgriesheim6724 km NE1,28235.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Otterswiller6732 km N1,30935.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sommerviller5487 km W1,01030.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Médan78409 km W1,28926.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Beaupuy31705 km SW1,28326Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Niedernai'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
Otterswiller6732 km N1,30935.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bernardswiller673.8 km W1,47335.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Voulangis77342 km W1,54133.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fèves57132 km NW1,19340.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Maisnil-lès-Ruitz62420 km NW1,67828.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Coutevroult77345 km W1,18728.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %