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Sarrewerden

Bas-Rhin · CC de l'Alsace Bossue · INSEE 67435

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

Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sarrewerden (INSEE 67435) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de l'Alsace Bossue. Population 816 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/67435-sarrewerden

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 15,532 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 food0250
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.33103.27
Housing mix0.9454.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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 (LA ROULOTTE DES CHEFS). [4,3]

1 × Café / bar. [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GROUPE SCOLAIRE LES ALOUET). [4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant1LA ROULOTTE DES CHEFSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GROUPE SCOLAIRE LES ALOUETINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 934 peak 1999: 1,013 2023: 816 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 920 (2012) → 816 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 987 (1990) → 816 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 439, of which 3.2 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.2 km NE (Sarre-Union)GP — 1.6 km N (Sarre-Union)Bakery — 1.7 km N (Sarre-Union)Pharmacy — 1.7 km N (Sarre-Union)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.2 km NEGP — 1.6 km NBakery — 1.7 km NPharmacy — 1.7 km N 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 (Sarre-Union): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sarre-Union): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Sarre-Union): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Sarre-Union): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Sarrewerden): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BERG weather station, 6.6 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 222 m. [10]

The village sits 128 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 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at BERG, 6.6 km away at 350 m, over 21 summers. [10]

That station sits 128 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 917 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at SARREWERDEN, 2.4 km away at 235 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67435/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67435/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67435/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67435/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67434
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67435
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. 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
La Chapelle-Saint-Laud49567 km W83739.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Caugé27442 km W80734.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Marillac-le-Franc16614 km SW82537.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
L'Abergement-Clémenciat01348 km SW86039.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 97 %
Sainte-Cécile50605 km W79239.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Montaigu02246 km W76639Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montaigu02246 km W76639Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
L'Abergement-Clémenciat01348 km SW86039.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 97 %
Caugé27442 km W80734.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Laud49567 km W83739.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Cécile50605 km W79239.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Marillac-le-Franc16614 km SW82537.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Sarrewerden'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
La Chapelle-Saint-Laud49567 km W83739.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Caugé27442 km W80734.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Montaigu02246 km W76639Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Savas07442 km SW89642.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Firmin71303 km SW77337Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Amillis77290 km W83037.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %