Balschwiller
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 37.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Balschwiller (INSEE 68018) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Sud Alsace Largue. Population 729 (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/68018-balschwiller
Vitality score
Vitality score 37.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 69 % of the 16,219 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 | 0.29 | 25 | 7.21 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.59 | 10 | 5.9 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (A LA BONNE FOURNEE · BOULANGERIE CHRISTEN). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (FRITERIE ZUM GLOCKABRUNNA). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BALSCHWILLER LPAC AP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | A LA BONNE FOURNEE · BOULANGERIE CHRISTEN | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 1 | FRITERIE ZUM GLOCKABRUNNA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | BALSCHWILLER LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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
Population 808 (2012) → 729 (2023): -9.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 669 (1990) → 729 (2023): 9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 1.4 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Balschwiller): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bernwiller): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Dannemarie): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Dannemarie): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Eglingen): 1 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CARSPACH weather station, 5.3 km away at 332 m; the village itself is at 277 m. [12]
The village sits 55 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CARSPACH, 5.3 km away at 332 m, over 20 summers. [12]
That station sits 55 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,014 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at GILDWILLER, 3.7 km away at 295 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68018/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68018/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68018/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68018/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68018
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68006
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68068
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68077
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lixing-lès-Saint-Avold | 57 | 155 km N | 673 | 38.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gavrelle | 62 | 430 km NW | 768 | 47.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Traubach-le-Haut | 68 | 6.0 km W | 647 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ranspach-le-Bas | 68 | 23 km SE | 640 | 30.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maillat | 01 | 211 km SW | 669 | 42.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Petite-Raon | 88 | 83 km N | 734 | 23.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traubach-le-Haut | 68 | 6.0 km W | 647 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ranspach-le-Bas | 68 | 23 km SE | 640 | 30.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Petite-Raon | 88 | 83 km N | 734 | 23.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lixing-lès-Saint-Avold | 57 | 155 km N | 673 | 38.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maillat | 01 | 211 km SW | 669 | 42.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gavrelle | 62 | 430 km NW | 768 | 47.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Balschwiller'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traubach-le-Haut | 68 | 6.0 km W | 647 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quatzenheim | 67 | 111 km N | 782 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Retzwiller | 68 | 7.2 km SW | 689 | 28.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Luzancy | 77 | 328 km NW | 1,036 | 34.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Duntzenheim | 67 | 119 km N | 660 | 23.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hartmannswiller | 68 | 22 km N | 654 | 31.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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