Biederthal

Identity

Biederthal (INSEE 68035) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Sundgau. Population 331 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/68035-biederthal

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 18,007 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.

Services

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DU GEISSBERG). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 278 (2012) → 331 (2023): 19.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 232 (1990) → 331 (2023): 42.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 162, of which 6.8 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Leymen): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Biederthal): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Oltingue): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Hagenthal-le-Bas): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Biederthal): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LUCELLE_SAPC weather station, 13.9 km away at 690 m; the village itself is at 398 m. ^[12]

The village sits 292 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 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BALE-MULHOUSE, 16.7 km away at 263 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 135 m below 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 1,090 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at KIFFIS, 7.8 km away at 576 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68035/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68035/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68035/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68035/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68182
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68035
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68248
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68120
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024