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Waldersbach

Bas-Rhin · CC de la Vallée de la Bruche · INSEE 67513

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

Few services 25.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Waldersbach (INSEE 67513) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de la Vallée de la Bruche. Population 118 (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/67513-waldersbach

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 12,024 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.46104.59
Housing mix0.4352.17

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 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]

2 × Restaurant (HUNA LE RESTAURANT). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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]
Restaurant2HUNA LE RESTAURANTINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 155 2023: 118 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 148 (2012) → 118 (2023): -20.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 123 (1990) → 118 (2023): -4.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 99, of which 28.3 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 3.8 km W (Saint-Blaise-la-Roche)Bakery — 4.0 km W (Saint-Blaise-la-Roche)Food shop — 4.1 km W (Saint-Blaise-la-Roche)GP — 5.0 km N (Rothau)
In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 3.8 km WBakery — 4.0 km WFood shop — 4.1 km WGP — 5.0 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 (Saint-Blaise-la-Roche): 4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Blaise-la-Roche): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Rothau): 5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Blaise-la-Roche): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Waldersbach): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BELMONT weather station, 4 km away at 1,065 m; the village itself is at 513 m. [11]

The village sits 552 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. [11]

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

Humidity measured at BELMONT, 4 km away at 1,065 m, over 18 summers. [11]

That station sits 552 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 1,330 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BELMONT, 4 km away at 1,065 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 — 67513/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67513/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67513/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67513/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67424
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67414
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67513
  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
Vienville8839 km SW11717.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Albières11710 km SW11721.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Lusigny-sur-Ouche21240 km SW11518.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Clermont-de-Beauregard24632 km SW12015.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Véria39257 km SW11114.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Lacave09768 km SW12817.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vienville8839 km SW11717.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Lusigny-sur-Ouche21240 km SW11518.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Véria39257 km SW11114.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Clermont-de-Beauregard24632 km SW12015.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Albières11710 km SW11721.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Lacave09768 km SW12817.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Waldersbach'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
Oberlarg68106 km S14325.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Le Puid8813 km W11613.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Solbach671.8 km NW11110.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Algis02297 km NW14815.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Royon62441 km NW12124.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Entrevernes74301 km S19116.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %