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Soultz-les-Bains

Bas-Rhin · CC de la Région de Molsheim-Mutzig · INSEE 67473

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

Partly served 49.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soultz-les-Bains (INSEE 67473) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de la Région de Molsheim-Mutzig. Population 942 (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/67473-soultz-les-bains

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 14,707 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.5209.93
Education0.63106.32
Health0.43104.32
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.94109.4
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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) (JK). [3]

5 × Restaurant (L'OLIVAR · SIDANI · LE BIBLENHOF · PESTO & CO). [3,4]

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

2 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOULTZ-LES-BAINS). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE MAYER · TIZIO COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1JKINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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]
Restaurant5L'OLIVAR · SIDANI · LE BIBLENHOF · PESTO & COINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES PINSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy2INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOULTZ-LES-BAINSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2COIFFURE MAYER · TIZIO COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 618 peak 2012: 949 2023: 942 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 949 (2012) → 942 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 654 (1990) → 942 (2023): 44 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 467, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.6 km SE (Soultz-les-Bains)GP — 0.7 km SE (Wolxheim)Food shop — 1.9 km E (Wolxheim)Pharmacy — 3.3 km S (Molsheim)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km SEGP — 0.7 km SEFood shop — 1.9 km EPharmacy — 3.3 km S 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 (Soultz-les-Bains): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Wolxheim): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Wolxheim): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Molsheim): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Soultz-les-Bains): 0.3 km to the south-west (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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the STRASBOURG-ENTZHEIM weather station, 11.5 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 179 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at STRASBOURG-ENTZHEIM, 11.5 km away at 150 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 1,050 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at COSSWILLER, 11.3 km away at 445 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67473/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67473/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67473/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67473/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67473
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67554
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67300
  11. 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
Kerbach5776 km NW1,22434.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Guibeville91384 km W92340.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Estreux59344 km NW93739.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Murianette38397 km S91040.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chancenay52184 km W1,00326.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Éveux69374 km SW1,16035.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Kerbach5776 km NW1,22434.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Chancenay52184 km W1,00326.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Estreux59344 km NW93739.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Éveux69374 km SW1,16035.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Guibeville91384 km W92340.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Murianette38397 km S91040.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Soultz-les-Bains'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
Chancenay52184 km W1,00326.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Neauphle-le-Vieux78414 km W93742.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Méréville5498 km W1,28825.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gaillon-sur-Montcient78413 km W68936.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Vauvray27464 km W89632Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lavau10252 km W1,00940.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %