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Beblenheim

Haut-Rhin · CC du Pays de Ribeauvillé · INSEE 68023

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

Partly served 44.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beblenheim (INSEE 68023) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC du Pays de Ribeauvillé. Population 928 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/68023-beblenheim

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 14,783 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.792015.82
Education0100
Health0.48104.75
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.51105.11
Housing mix0.7153.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PANE VINO). [3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LES FROMAGES DU GRAND-PERE FISCHER). [4]

3 × Restaurant (AUBERGE LE BOUC BLEU · SAS THOMALA · AUBERGE A L'AGNEAU BLANC). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BAR'TH). [4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLARA HEHN, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE WINISDOERFFER, MÉDECIN · JACQUES STAEBLER, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BEBLENHEIM). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ESPRIT NATURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy. [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1PANE VINOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)1LES FROMAGES DU GRAND-PERE FISCHERINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3AUBERGE LE BOUC BLEU · SAS THOMALA · AUBERGE A L'AGNEAU BLANCINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE BAR'THINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3CLARA HEHN, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE WINISDOERFFER, MÉDECIN · JACQUES STAEBLER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1BEBLENHEIM APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BEBLENHEIMINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1COIFFURE ESPRIT NATUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 801 peak 2012: 984 2023: 928 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 984 (2012) → 928 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 918 (1990) → 928 (2023): 1.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 519, of which 14.3 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.5 km W (Beblenheim)Food shop — 0.6 km SW (Mittelwihr)Primary school — 1.3 km S (Bennwihr)Pharmacy — 1.6 km NW (Riquewihr)
In the commune GP Bakery — 0.5 km WFood shop — 0.6 km SWPrimary school — 1.3 km SPharmacy — 1.6 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 (Beblenheim): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Mittelwihr): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

GP (Beblenheim): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Riquewihr): 1.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Bennwihr): 1.3 km to the south (straight line). [12]

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the RIBEAU. - ACACI weather station, 3.5 km away at 220 m; the village itself is at 221 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at COLMAR - HOUSS., 6 km away at 192 m, over 18 summers. [13]

An average of 697 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at RIBEAU. - ACACI, 3.5 km away at 220 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68023/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/5/86c0b8cd-d06d-3282-8139-5f548b75a4f3— “Marché aux fruits et légumes”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68023/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68023/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68023/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68209
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68277
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68026
  13. 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
Stosswihr6820 km SW1,32343.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Lizier09748 km SW1,39147Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Branoux-les-Taillades30508 km SW1,27831.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Boussières25154 km SW1,20835.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Riquewihr682.1 km NW99963.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lirac30501 km SW95543.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Riquewihr682.1 km NW99963.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Stosswihr6820 km SW1,32343.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Boussières25154 km SW1,20835.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lirac30501 km SW95543.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Branoux-les-Taillades30508 km SW1,27831.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lizier09748 km SW1,39147Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Beblenheim'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
Boussières25154 km SW1,20835.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Riquewihr682.1 km NW99963.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mittelwihr681.0 km SW85340Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Marcy69320 km SW91643.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Labry54155 km NW1,55437Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bennwihr681.5 km S1,32644.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %