Balgau

Haut-Rhin · CC Alsace Rhin Brisach · INSEE 68016

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Balgau (INSEE 68016) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Alsace Rhin Brisach. Population 947 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68016-balgau

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 14,674 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE LES MUGUETS). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE LES MUGUETS	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 421 peak 2017: 969 2023: 947 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 934 (2012) → 947 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 629 (1990) → 947 (2023): 50.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 443, of which 3.2 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.2 km SPharmacy — 1.2 km SFood shop — 1.4 km SWBakery — 1.5 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 (Fessenheim): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fessenheim): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fessenheim): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fessenheim): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Balgau): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.6

Days at or below 0 °C 70.3

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COLMAR-MEYENHEIM weather station, 9.8 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 205 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at COLMAR-MEYENHEIM, 9.8 km away at 207 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 604 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COLMAR-MEYENHEIM, 9.8 km away at 207 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 — 68016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68091
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68016
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
Barry-d'Islemade	82	647 km SW	940	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Maulde	59	413 km NW	949	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnard	89	299 km W	909	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Citry	77	338 km W	922	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bicqueley	54	143 km NW	925	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Sorrus	62	508 km NW	942	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bicqueley	54	143 km NW	925	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnard	89	299 km W	909	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Citry	77	338 km W	922	23.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Maulde	59	413 km NW	949	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Sorrus	62	508 km NW	942	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Barry-d'Islemade	82	647 km SW	940	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 65 % · 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 Balgau'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
Farges-lès-Chalon	71	239 km SW	829	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Feldkirch	68	21 km W	1,047	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Stattmatten	67	102 km N	744	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Weckolsheim	68	8.5 km N	742	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villette-sur-Ain	01	276 km SW	780	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Michelbach-le-Bas	68	38 km S	722	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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