Bourbach-le-Bas

Haut-Rhin · CC de Thann-Cernay · INSEE 68045

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bourbach-le-Bas (INSEE 68045) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de Thann-Cernay. Population 556 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,459 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.59	10	5.94
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (YUMMYMOMMY SPECIALITES PHLIPPINES). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOURBACH LE BAS AP). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT A LA COURONNE D'OR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / 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	YUMMYMOMMY SPECIALITES PHLIPPINES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BOURBACH LE BAS 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	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT A LA COURONNE D'OR	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: 475 peak 2007: 627 2023: 556 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 605 (2012) → 556 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 508 (1990) → 556 (2023): 9.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 263, of which 1.1 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km SGP — 3.1 km SWBakery — 3.3 km SEPharmacy — 4.6 km W 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 (Guewenheim): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sentheim): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lauw): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Masevaux-Niederbruck): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bourbach-le-Bas): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 66.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the THANN weather station, 4.8 km away at 338 m; the village itself is at 390 m. ^[13]

The village sits 52 m above 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at MARKSTEIN CRETE, 16.6 km away at 1,184 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 794 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,476 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LAUW, 3.6 km away at 380 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68115
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68201
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68045
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
Luché-Thouarsais	79	563 km W	536	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Christie	32	669 km SW	541	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Souvans	39	143 km SW	520	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gaye	51	262 km NW	564	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Lasgraisses	81	587 km SW	559	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Gougenheim	67	110 km N	531	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gougenheim	67	110 km N	531	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Souvans	39	143 km SW	520	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gaye	51	262 km NW	564	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Luché-Thouarsais	79	563 km W	536	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Lasgraisses	81	587 km SW	559	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Christie	32	669 km SW	541	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Bourbach-le-Bas'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
Berru	51	271 km NW	627	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Jeugny	10	229 km W	463	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Heilles	60	393 km NW	644	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-les-Bordes	77	308 km W	610	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Crillon	60	424 km NW	488	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Foulain	52	141 km W	673	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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