Appenwihr

Haut-Rhin · CC Alsace Rhin Brisach · INSEE 68008

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

Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Appenwihr (INSEE 68008) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Alsace Rhin Brisach. Population 586 (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/68008-appenwihr

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 17,201 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.91	10	9.05
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DE LA HARDT). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE DE LA HARDT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 183 peak 2012: 606 2023: 586 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 606 (2012) → 586 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 417 (1990) → 586 (2023): 40.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 269, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 2.4 km NWBakery — 2.5 km NWGP — 2.8 km NWPharmacy — 2.8 km NW 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 (Sundhoffen): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Sundhoffen): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sundhoffen): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sundhoffen): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.4

Days at or below 0 °C 66

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COLMAR-INRAE weather station, 9 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COLMAR-INRAE, 9 km away at 202 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 603 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FORTSCHWIHR, 6.7 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68008/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68008/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68008/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68008/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68331
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68008
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
Tritteling-Redlach	57	132 km NW	509	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Chémery-les-Deux	57	159 km NW	597	17.6	No daily shops	no figures
Mutrécy	14	590 km W	593	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bernard	68	44 km SW	607	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Nouainville	50	691 km W	607	17.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Longaulnay	35	696 km W	592	17.3	No daily shops	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bernard	68	44 km SW	607	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Tritteling-Redlach	57	132 km NW	509	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Chémery-les-Deux	57	159 km NW	597	17.6	No daily shops	no figures
Mutrécy	14	590 km W	593	17.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Nouainville	50	691 km W	607	17.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Longaulnay	35	696 km W	592	17.3	No daily shops	no figures

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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 Appenwihr'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
Saint-Bernard	68	44 km SW	607	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Burgille	25	150 km SW	562	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Aubeterre	10	250 km W	398	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ernestviller	57	121 km N	503	11	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Myon	63	397 km SW	544	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Prosnes	51	265 km NW	486	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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