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Bantzenheim

Haut-Rhin · CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération · INSEE 68020

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

Partly served 40.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bantzenheim (INSEE 68020) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Population 1,630 (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/68020-bantzenheim

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 11,032 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 food0.26256.56
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.56105.6
Housing mix0.9654.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 2 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). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (UNICATO · LA COUSINADE). [3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICIA PINVILLE-LOGER, MÉDECIN · GEORGIOS CHRYSOVITSANOS, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BANTZENHEIM AP). [3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (CHRIS' STYL · CHRISTELLE COIFFURE MIXTE A DOMICIL). [3,4]

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL DE BÂLE · HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BEHE). [3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2UNICATO · LA COUSINADEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2PATRICIA PINVILLE-LOGER, MÉDECIN · GEORGIOS CHRYSOVITSANOS, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BANTZENHEIM APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BANTZENHEIMINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE OMNISPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3CHRIS' STYL · CHRISTELLE COIFFURE MIXTE A DOMICILINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel2HÔTEL DE BÂLE · HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA POSTEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING BEHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,121 peak 2007: 1,642 2023: 1,630 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,641 (2012) → 1,630 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,538 (1990) → 1,630 (2023): 6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 761, of which 2 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.6 km SW (Bantzenheim)Pharmacy — 4.4 km S (Ottmarsheim)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.6 km SWPharmacy — 4.4 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 (Bantzenheim): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bantzenheim): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Bantzenheim): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ottmarsheim): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Bantzenheim): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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 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, 14.1 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 221 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at COLMAR-MEYENHEIM, 14.1 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, 14.1 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68020/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68020/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68020/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68020/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68020
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68253
  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
Westhoffen6787 km N1,72046.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Frahier-et-Chatebier7061 km W1,37841.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Hostens33729 km SW1,55449.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %
Cenon-sur-Vienne86539 km W1,66642.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Arnèke59498 km NW1,59452.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Renwez08309 km NW1,65644.9Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Frahier-et-Chatebier7061 km W1,37841.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Westhoffen6787 km N1,72046.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Renwez08309 km NW1,65644.9Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Arnèke59498 km NW1,59452.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Cenon-sur-Vienne86539 km W1,66642.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Hostens33729 km SW1,55449.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Bantzenheim'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
Frahier-et-Chatebier7061 km W1,37841.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lembach67133 km N1,49044.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lent01259 km SW1,51241.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Villé6760 km N1,79957.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin39187 km SW1,87150.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain7075 km W1,37738.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %