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Aspach-le-Bas

Haut-Rhin · CC de Thann-Cernay · INSEE 68011

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

Partly served 45.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aspach-le-Bas (INSEE 68011) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de Thann-Cernay. Population 1,262 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/68011-aspach-le-bas

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 12,927 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 food0.39259.84
Social0.39207.77
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.95109.52
Housing mix0.9854.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (F.R KIEFFER). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL PHILIPPE KRUST). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BOUCHERIE PAOLACCI). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (SIMEONI ANITA · LA CREPERIE BY LOIC). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE RPI DE LA PETITE DOLLER). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GILLES BINDLER, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ASPACH LE BAS AP). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (PRIM ' HAIR COIFFURE · VUILLIER CAPON CLAUDINE · O SALON). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1F.R KIEFFERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1SARL PHILIPPE KRUSTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1BOUCHERIE PAOLACCIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant3SIMEONI ANITA · LA CREPERIE BY LOICINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE RPI DE LA PETITE DOLLERINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1GILLES BINDLER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1ASPACH LE BAS APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4PRIM ' HAIR COIFFURE · VUILLIER CAPON CLAUDINE · O SALONINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 518 peak 2017: 1,321 2023: 1,262 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,302 (2012) → 1,262 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 869 (1990) → 1,262 (2023): 45.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 566, of which 1.2 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.5 km S (Aspach-le-Bas)Pharmacy — 2.4 km S (Burnhaupt-le-Haut)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km SPharmacy — 2.4 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 (Aspach-le-Bas): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Aspach-le-Bas): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Aspach-le-Bas): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Burnhaupt-le-Haut): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Aspach-le-Bas): 0.1 km to the 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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the THANN weather station, 5.6 km away at 338 m; the village itself is at 296 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at MULHOUSE, 10.4 km away at 245 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 51 m below 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 1,080 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at THANN, 5.6 km away at 338 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 — 68011/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/5/2bd8a4bc-fefa-30dc-911e-109af37f5e90— “Marché à la ferme”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68011/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68011/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68011/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68011
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68060
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Guémar6851 km N1,49041.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Selles-Saint-Denis41394 km W1,33439.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sahurs76490 km NW1,21635.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Soisy-sur-École91354 km W1,17445Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Manthelan37483 km W1,37841Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Villenouvelle31643 km SW1,48745.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Guémar6851 km N1,49041.5Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Soisy-sur-École91354 km W1,17445Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Selles-Saint-Denis41394 km W1,33439.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Manthelan37483 km W1,37841Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Sahurs76490 km NW1,21635.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Villenouvelle31643 km SW1,48745.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Aspach-le-Bas'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
Soisy-sur-École91354 km W1,17445Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Hindisheim6787 km NE1,56544.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Seebach67148 km NE1,61644.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Guewenheim684.5 km W1,36838.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bessay-sur-Allier03322 km SW1,38245Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Reiningue686.4 km E1,89449Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %