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Fellering

Haut-Rhin · CC de la Vallée de Saint-Amarin · INSEE 68089

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

Served 60.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fellering (INSEE 68089) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de la Vallée de Saint-Amarin. Population 1,569 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68089-fellering

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 11,292 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 food0.62515.02
Social0.792015.82
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.55105.45
Housing mix0.8254.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE LA VALLEEE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DU PARC). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE ARTISANALE). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SODIPARC · LE CELLIER DU BRAM'S). [3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE TREMPLIN · FERME AUBERGE TREH · FERME AUBERGE DU TREH · MECASPORT KT900 Z1 · CREPELINE). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE PAPILLON). [4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE KLEIMBERG, MÉDECIN · DIDIER KLEIMBERG, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE WESSERLING). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE FELLERING). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORT). [3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL HAUTE THUR). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE SENSATION SAS). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3BOULANGERIE DE LA VALLEEE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DU PARCINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE ARTISANALEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2SODIPARC · LE CELLIER DU BRAM'SINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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]
Restaurant6LE TREMPLIN · FERME AUBERGE TREH · FERME AUBERGE DU TREH · MECASPORT KT900 Z1 · CREPELINEINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar2LE PAPILLONINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2CATHERINE KLEIMBERG, MÉDECIN · DIDIER KLEIMBERG, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE WESSERLINGINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE FELLERINGINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE MULTISPORTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL HAUTE THURINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser4COIFFURE SENSATION SASINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,401 peak 2007: 1,711 2023: 1,569 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,704 (2012) → 1,569 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,501 (1990) → 1,569 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 900, of which 8.8 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.1 km SE (Fellering)Pharmacy — 1.2 km SE (Fellering)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.1 km SEPharmacy — 1.2 km SE 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 (Fellering): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fellering): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Fellering): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Fellering): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Fellering): 0.2 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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MARKSTEIN CRETE weather station, 4.5 km away at 1,184 m; the village itself is at 440 m. [9]

The village sits 744 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 MARKSTEIN CRETE, 4.5 km away at 1,184 m, over 30 summers. [9]

That station sits 744 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 1,656 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ODEREN - VALLEE, 1.9 km away at 457 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 — 68089/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68089/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68089/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68089/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68089
  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
Sierck-les-Bains57178 km N1,76562Servedno figures
Volonne04428 km S1,63350.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sarras07345 km SW2,22058.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Balagny-sur-Thérain60376 km NW1,62846.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mane04450 km S1,41056.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande33620 km SW2,50769ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 91 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sierck-les-Bains57178 km N1,76562Servedno figures
Sarras07345 km SW2,22058.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Balagny-sur-Thérain60376 km NW1,62846.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Volonne04428 km S1,63350.9Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mane04450 km S1,41056.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Foy-la-Grande33620 km SW2,50769ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 91 %

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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 Fellering'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
Cappelle-en-Pévèle59402 km NW2,25751.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Rieux-en-Cambrésis59369 km NW1,42540.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rothau6764 km N1,47152.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Charmes02329 km NW1,56842.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Andlau6763 km NE1,75749.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rumegies59391 km NW1,72254.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %