Sand

Bas-Rhin · CC du Canton d'Erstein · INSEE 67433

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

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sand (INSEE 67433) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC du Canton d'Erstein. Population 1,417 (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/67433-sand

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 12,034 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PAULRIED · MAURICE SUR BOULANGERIE · LEMON PIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA FERME ROTTMATT). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar (BISTROT DE VILLAGES). ^[4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT LA CHARRUE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	PAULRIED · MAURICE SUR BOULANGERIE · LEMON PIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA FERME ROTTMATT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BISTROT DE VILLAGES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT LA CHARRUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 685 2023: 1,417 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,140 (2012) → 1,417 (2023): 24.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 941 (1990) → 1,417 (2023): 50.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 588, of which 1.2 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 1.1 km NGP — 1.2 km NE 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 (Sand): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sand): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Matzenheim): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Matzenheim): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sand): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.9

Days at or below 0 °C 75.6

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DIEBOLSHEIM weather station, 11.3 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 156 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at SELESTAT SA, 15.8 km away at 173 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 790 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DIEBOLSHEIM, 11.3 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67433/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67433/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67433/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67433/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67433
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67285
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
Pierrevillers	57	145 km NW	1,443	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Magny-Vernois	70	116 km SW	1,372	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Kuntzig	57	147 km NW	1,359	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 59 %
Fleury	57	127 km NW	1,276	41.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Teting-sur-Nied	57	103 km NW	1,258	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Neuilly-sous-Clermont	60	396 km W	1,571	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Teting-sur-Nied	57	103 km NW	1,258	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Magny-Vernois	70	116 km SW	1,372	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fleury	57	127 km NW	1,276	41.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrevillers	57	145 km NW	1,443	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Kuntzig	57	147 km NW	1,359	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 59 %
Neuilly-sous-Clermont	60	396 km W	1,571	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Sand'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
Magny-Vernois	70	116 km SW	1,372	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Virey-le-Grand	71	268 km SW	1,429	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Eschentzwiller	68	76 km S	1,527	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Brouderdorff	57	52 km NW	987	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon	42	419 km SW	1,352	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Chamigny	77	334 km W	1,480	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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