Volksberg

Bas-Rhin · CC de l'Alsace Bossue · INSEE 67509

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Volksberg (INSEE 67509) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de l'Alsace Bossue. Population 353 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 18,024 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.46	10	4.59
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOL PRIM PUB ETS PROTES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 PROTES	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	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: 368 peak 1975: 376 2023: 353 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 340 (2012) → 353 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 368 (1990) → 353 (2023): -4.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 184, of which 14.7 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km NEGP — 5.1 km NPharmacy — 5.1 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 (Volksberg): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soucht): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montbronn): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montbronn): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 61.3

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERG weather station, 12.9 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 363 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BERG, 12.9 km away at 350 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BERG, 12.9 km away at 350 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67509/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67509/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67509/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67509/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67509
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57658
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57477
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
Joudes	71	312 km SW	352	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Savigny-sur-Seille	71	306 km SW	385	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Montcavrel	62	431 km NW	384	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Sermaise	49	578 km W	345	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Marnoz	39	248 km SW	365	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ocquerre	77	310 km W	378	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marnoz	39	248 km SW	365	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-sur-Seille	71	306 km SW	385	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Ocquerre	77	310 km W	378	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Joudes	71	312 km SW	352	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Montcavrel	62	431 km NW	384	25.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Sermaise	49	578 km W	345	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · 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 Volksberg'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
Ocquerre	77	310 km W	378	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mouy-sur-Seine	77	303 km W	353	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Hultehouse	57	26 km S	360	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bosquel	80	379 km W	349	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Écordal	08	208 km W	283	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Heuqueville	27	435 km W	353	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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