Otterswiller
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Otterswiller (INSEE 67367) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC du Pays de Saverne. Population 1,309 (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/67367-otterswiller
Vitality score
Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 12,626 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.64 | 10 | 6.41 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.75 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE M. REUTENAUER). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (PIZZA SOLE · BDL ALSACE · RDV & CO). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOL PRIM PUB ETS INTC). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALÉRIE HAEGELE, MÉDECIN · GUY SIMON, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE POLYVALENT). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL REGION DE MARMOUTIER ET OTTERSWILLER). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE CELINE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE M. REUTENAUER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | PIZZA SOLE · BDL ALSACE · RDV & CO | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOL PRIM PUB ETS INTC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | VALÉRIE HAEGELE, MÉDECIN · GUY SIMON, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | CENTRE POLYVALENT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL REGION DE MARMOUTIER ET OTTERSWILLER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 1 | COIFFURE CELINE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 1,363 (2012) → 1,309 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,147 (1990) → 1,309 (2023): 14.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 600, of which 2.5 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Otterswiller): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saverne): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Otterswiller): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saverne): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Otterswiller): 1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the WANGENBOURG_SAPC weather station, 10.7 km away at 460 m; the village itself is at 197 m. [10]
The village sits 263 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 WANGENBOURG_SAPC, 10.7 km away at 460 m, over 20 summers. [10]
That station sits 263 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SAVERNE, 2.8 km away at 206 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
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. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67367/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67367/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67367/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67367/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 67367
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 67437
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardswiller | 67 | 31 km S | 1,473 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Médan | 78 | 395 km W | 1,289 | 26.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sommerviller | 54 | 75 km W | 1,010 | 30.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Virsac | 33 | 722 km SW | 1,304 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 % |
| Quincey | 70 | 152 km SW | 1,338 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Niedernai | 67 | 32 km S | 1,225 | 35.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardswiller | 67 | 31 km S | 1,473 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Niedernai | 67 | 32 km S | 1,225 | 35.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sommerviller | 54 | 75 km W | 1,010 | 30.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quincey | 70 | 152 km SW | 1,338 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Médan | 78 | 395 km W | 1,289 | 26.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Virsac | 33 | 722 km SW | 1,304 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Otterswiller'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardswiller | 67 | 31 km S | 1,473 | 35.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Médan | 78 | 395 km W | 1,289 | 26.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quincey | 70 | 152 km SW | 1,338 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Niedernai | 67 | 32 km S | 1,225 | 35.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coutevroult | 77 | 332 km W | 1,187 | 28.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Eckwersheim | 67 | 24 km E | 1,419 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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