Bischwihr

Haut-Rhin · CA Colmar Agglomération · INSEE 68038

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bischwihr (INSEE 68038) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Colmar Agglomération. Population 1,202 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/68038-bischwihr

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 13,200 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (BRUNCH CHEZ'TOI). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE INTERCOMMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (BRIT HOTEL & SPA COLMAR EAST). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	BRUNCH CHEZ'TOI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE INTERCOMMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	BRIT HOTEL & SPA COLMAR EAST	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 357 2023: 1,202 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 956 (2012) → 1,202 (2023): 25.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 611 (1990) → 1,202 (2023): 96.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 522, of which 0.8 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.2 km NGP — 2.1 km EPharmacy — 2.1 km E 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 (Wickerschwihr): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fortschwihr): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Muntzenheim): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Muntzenheim): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bischwihr): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.1

Days at or below 0 °C 69.9

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COLMAR - HOUSS. weather station, 5.8 km away at 192 m; the village itself is at 185 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at COLMAR - HOUSS., 5.8 km away at 192 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

An average of 603 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FORTSCHWIHR, 1.6 km away at 185 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 — 68038/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68038/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68038/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68038/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68366
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68095
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68227
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68038
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
Écotay-l'Olme	42	379 km SW	1,334	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %
Fèves	57	156 km NW	1,193	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Griesheim-sur-Souffel	67	62 km N	1,216	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Buhl-Lorraine	57	74 km N	1,204	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Niedernai	67	40 km N	1,225	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Voulangis	77	345 km W	1,541	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Niedernai	67	40 km N	1,225	35.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Griesheim-sur-Souffel	67	62 km N	1,216	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Buhl-Lorraine	57	74 km N	1,204	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fèves	57	156 km NW	1,193	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Voulangis	77	345 km W	1,541	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Écotay-l'Olme	42	379 km SW	1,334	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Bischwihr'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
Buhl-Lorraine	57	74 km N	1,204	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Westhouse	67	35 km N	1,639	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Andolsheim	68	4.0 km S	2,199	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Kertzfeld	67	33 km N	1,255	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Méréville	54	110 km NW	1,288	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Zimmersheim	68	42 km S	1,083	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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