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Durmenach

Haut-Rhin · CC Sundgau · INSEE 68075

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

Partly served 44.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Durmenach (INSEE 68075) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Sundgau. Population 836 (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/68075-durmenach

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 15,369 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 food0.532513.19
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0.75107.48
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.48104.8
Housing mix0.9154.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 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 a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES D'AURE · KOUGILLHOPF). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AUX P'TITS PANIERS). [3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-CLAIRE ACKERMANN, MÉDECIN · VALERIE WEGERICH-FESSLER, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE EICH). [3,4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (MONDE IMAGINAIRE · COIFFURE BOUCLE D'OR · A LA POINTE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3LES DELICES D'AURE · KOUGILLHOPFINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1AUX P'TITS PANIERSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)2MARIE-CLAIRE ACKERMANN, MÉDECIN · VALERIE WEGERICH-FESSLER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE EICHINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1DURMENACH APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3MONDE IMAGINAIRE · COIFFURE BOUCLE D'OR · A LA POINTEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 875 peak 2007: 915 2023: 836 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 899 (2012) → 836 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 853 (1990) → 836 (2023): -2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 443, of which 4.3 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Durmenach): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

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

GP (Durmenach): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Durmenach): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Durmenach): 0.1 km to the north-west (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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LUCELLE_SAPC weather station, 11.4 km away at 690 m; the village itself is at 365 m. [9]

The village sits 325 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ALTKIRCH, 11.9 km away at 350 m, over 10 summers. [9]

An average of 901 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at MUESPACH, 3.9 km away at 400 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68075/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68075/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68075/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68075/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68075
  9. 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
Fretigney-et-Velloreille70105 km W76453.1Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Pisany17652 km W75959.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Tagnon08309 km NW90151.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Moÿ-de-l'Aisne02383 km NW99454.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Froissy60440 km NW96258Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Étrechet36428 km W99844.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fretigney-et-Velloreille70105 km W76453.1Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Tagnon08309 km NW90151.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Moÿ-de-l'Aisne02383 km NW99454.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Étrechet36428 km W99844.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Froissy60440 km NW96258Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Pisany17652 km W75959.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Durmenach'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
Moÿ-de-l'Aisne02383 km NW99454.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saulces-Monclin08309 km NW83759.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bulles60427 km NW83036.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Acy-en-Multien60369 km NW82150.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lehaucourt02399 km NW82244.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tronget03347 km W92550.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %