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Wissembourg

Bas-Rhin · CC du Pays de Wissembourg · INSEE 67544

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

Served 70.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wissembourg (INSEE 67544) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC du Pays de Wissembourg. Population 7,566 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/67544-wissembourg

Vitality score

Vitality score 70.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 97 % of the 3,220 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 food0.712517.76
Social0.912018.26
Education0.63106.32
Health0.63106.29
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.52105.17
Housing mix0.9454.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 2 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 1 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]

13 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE BRUNCK · PATISSERIE DANIEL REBERT · SARL MATERN CRIQUI · TARTES FLAMBEES IFFRIG L ET A). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE SCHIMPF · LA BOUCHERIE DE WISSEMBOURG). [3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NORMA SARL · EPICERIE CAKIR · LA FERME AUX SEPT GRAINS). [3,4]

6 × Supermarket (LIDL · AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE · ACTION · SUPERMARCHE MATCH · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]

34 × Restaurant (HOTEL RESTAURANT SANS ALCOOL · SAS LA WALCK · EDMONTON). [3,4]

7 × Café / bar (LE MUNICH · NEF CAFE · LA CROIX D'OR · BAR LE GALLIA · LOTO PRESSE DE LA LAUTER). [4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE EUROPE). [3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EX ALTENSTADT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN FREDERIC WENTZEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE HAMEAU WEILER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT-JEAN OHLEYER). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE OTFRIED). [3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN LEIBEL, MÉDECIN · PASCAL PERRIN-HAARHOFF, MÉDECIN · JUTTA MATHEIS, MÉDECIN · ROBERT WOHLFAHRT, MÉDECIN · ROBERT DEMOULIN, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'EUROPE · PHARMACIE DE LA PAIX). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE WISSEMBOURG). [3]

1 × Cinema (LA NEF - RELAIS CULTUREL DE WISSEMBOURG). [3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU SIVOM · GYMNASE CENTRE VILLE · GYMNASE DU LYCEE). [3]

9 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CAISSE LOCALE CRED AGRIC MUT PORTE ALS · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS). [3]

9 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE SCHALCK · ART ET COIFFURE · CAMILLE ALBANE · SELF COIFF). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

3 × Hotel (AU MOULIN DE LA WALK · HOSTELLERIE AU CYGNE · HÔTEL RESTAURANT DE LA COURONNE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)13BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE BRUNCK · PATISSERIE DANIEL REBERT · SARL MATERN CRIQUI · TARTES FLAMBEES IFFRIG L ET AINSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE SCHIMPF · LA BOUCHERIE DE WISSEMBOURGINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)4NORMA SARL · EPICERIE CAKIR · LA FERME AUX SEPT GRAINSINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Supermarket6LIDL · AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE · ACTION · SUPERMARCHE MATCH · CARREFOUR EXPRESSINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant34HOTEL RESTAURANT SANS ALCOOL · SAS LA WALCK · EDMONTONINSEE BPE 34 / INSEE SIRENE 47 [3,4]
Café / bar7LE MUNICH · NEF CAFE · LA CROIX D'OR · BAR LE GALLIA · LOTO PRESSE DE LA LAUTERINSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)2ECOLE MATERNELLE EUROPEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)4ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EX ALTENSTADT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN FREDERIC WENTZEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE HAMEAU WEILER · ECOLE PRIMAIRE SAINT-JEAN OHLEYERINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE OTFRIEDINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)8ALAIN LEIBEL, MÉDECIN · PASCAL PERRIN-HAARHOFF, MÉDECIN · JUTTA MATHEIS, MÉDECIN · ROBERT WOHLFAHRT, MÉDECIN · ROBERT DEMOULIN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE DE L'EUROPE · PHARMACIE DE LA PAIXINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE WISSEMBOURGINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1LA NEF - RELAIS CULTUREL DE WISSEMBOURGINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall3GYMNASE DU SIVOM · GYMNASE CENTRE VILLE · GYMNASE DU LYCEEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank9BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CAISSE LOCALE CRED AGRIC MUT PORTE ALS · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBASINSEE BPE 9 [3]
Hairdresser9COIFFURE SCHALCK · ART ET COIFFURE · CAMILLE ALBANE · SELF COIFFINSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel3AU MOULIN DE LA WALK · HOSTELLERIE AU CYGNE · HÔTEL RESTAURANT DE LA COURONNEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 6,466 peak 1999: 8,170 2023: 7,566 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,757 (2012) → 7,566 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 7,443 (1990) → 7,566 (2023): 1.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,283, of which 3.2 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Wissembourg): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Wissembourg): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Wissembourg): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Wissembourg): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Wissembourg): 0.2 km to the north-west (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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the WISSEMBOURG - PV weather station, 0.7 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 158 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at SCHEIBENHARD, 16.7 km away at 144 m, over 18 summers. [10]

An average of 894 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at WISSEMBOURG - PV, 0.7 km away at 182 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Pharmacy

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67544/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/5/67c91ae9-7507-310f-bb36-ed364010e8c3— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67544/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67544/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67544/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67544
  10. 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
Jaunay-Marigny86622 km W7,52860.5ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Langres52233 km SW7,42161.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
L'Aigle61535 km W7,66367.9ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Clisson44718 km W7,45265ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 59 %
Auxonne21279 km SW7,58170.3ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %
Carhaix-Plouguer29850 km W7,41270.1ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Langres52233 km SW7,42161.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Auxonne21279 km SW7,58170.3ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %
L'Aigle61535 km W7,66367.9ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Jaunay-Marigny86622 km W7,52860.5ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Clisson44718 km W7,45265ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 59 %
Carhaix-Plouguer29850 km W7,41270.1ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · 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 Wissembourg'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
Langres52233 km SW7,42161.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Thann68150 km SW7,76256.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Étréchy91426 km W6,98659Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Jarny54151 km W8,05068.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
La Ferté-Bernard72544 km W8,74069.9ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Le Perray-en-Yvelines78447 km W6,48053.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %