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Waldhambach

Bas-Rhin · CC de l'Alsace Bossue · INSEE 67514

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Waldhambach (INSEE 67514) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de l'Alsace Bossue. Population 598 (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/67514-waldhambach

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,075 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 food0.29257.21
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.46104.55
Housing mix0.9454.7

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 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE LA FRAPPE). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RENC'ART). [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LA GRANGE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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)2PATISSERIE LA FRAPPEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1LE RENC'ARTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Hairdresser1LA GRANGEINSEE BPE 1 / 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: 756 peak 1975: 761 2023: 598 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 624 (2012) → 598 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 626 (1990) → 598 (2023): -4.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 328, of which 3 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 2.5 km NW (Diemeringen)GP — 2.7 km NW (Diemeringen)Pharmacy — 7.0 km S (Drulingen)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km NWGP — 2.7 km NWPharmacy — 7.0 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 (Waldhambach): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Diemeringen): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Diemeringen): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Drulingen): 7 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Waldhambach): 0 km to the east (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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BERG weather station, 6.9 km away at 350 m; the village itself is at 299 m. [11]

The village sits 51 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 BERG, 6.9 km away at 350 m, over 21 summers. [11]

That station sits 51 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 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BERG, 6.9 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67514/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67514/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67514/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67514/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67514
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67095
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67105
  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
Thiaville-sur-Meurthe5465 km SW59732.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Blacourt60394 km W59241.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnes-lès-Montauban62346 km NW60438.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Chagey70151 km S59632.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Têche38439 km S59635.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Le Thil27414 km W58641.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Thiaville-sur-Meurthe5465 km SW59732.9Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Chagey70151 km S59632.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnes-lès-Montauban62346 km NW60438.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Blacourt60394 km W59241.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Thil27414 km W58641.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Têche38439 km S59635.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Waldhambach'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
Blacourt60394 km W59241.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Montceaux-lès-Meaux77309 km W66935.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Porcheux60388 km W67741Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ceffonds52187 km W66536.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Hottviller5720 km NE50429.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
L'Épine51201 km W68533.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %