Salmbach

Bas-Rhin · CC de la Plaine du Rhin · INSEE 67432

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Salmbach (INSEE 67432) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de la Plaine du Rhin. Population 585 (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/67432-salmbach

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 17,248 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.65	10	6.49
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU TONNEAU FLEURI). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	AU TONNEAU FLEURI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	1	SALMBACH AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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

1968: 510 peak 2007: 586 2023: 585 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 561 (2012) → 585 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 509 (1990) → 585 (2023): 14.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 281, of which 0.4 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.8 km NWBakery — 2.5 km EFood shop — 2.9 km NWPharmacy — 6.1 km W 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): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Schleithal): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Schleithal): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Seebach): 6.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Salmbach): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 46

Muggy days a summer 3.4

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, 5.4 km away at 144 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at SCHEIBENHARD, 5.4 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, 5.4 km away at 144 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67432/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67432/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67432/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67432/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67327
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67451
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67351
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67432
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
Preixan	11	787 km SW	637	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 65 % · humidity 50 %
Vernéville	57	152 km W	715	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Villiers-le-Sec	52	242 km W	710	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
La Grandville	08	254 km W	753	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Viterne	54	156 km W	738	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Louvemont	52	237 km W	694	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vernéville	57	152 km W	715	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Viterne	54	156 km W	738	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Louvemont	52	237 km W	694	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers-le-Sec	52	242 km W	710	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
La Grandville	08	254 km W	753	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Preixan	11	787 km SW	637	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 65 % · 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 Salmbach'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
Louvemont	52	237 km W	694	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Masmes	51	280 km W	550	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Jablines	77	388 km W	647	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bassou	89	356 km W	869	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Moëslains	52	236 km W	467	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Épineau-les-Voves	89	358 km W	708	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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