Fortschwihr

Haut-Rhin · CA Colmar Agglomération · INSEE 68095

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fortschwihr (INSEE 68095) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Colmar Agglomération. Population 1,198 (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/68095-fortschwihr

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 13,212 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	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (KDG DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3]

3 × Restaurant (YAKAMOZ · EMINELLER · KAAN). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ALICE MOSNIER). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FORTSCHWIHR). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COSEC). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (AMANN MARIE-CATHERINE · MENALAIA). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	KDG DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	YAKAMOZ · EMINELLER · KAAN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ALICE MOSNIER	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FORTSCHWIHR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COSEC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	AMANN MARIE-CATHERINE · MENALAIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 228 2023: 1,198 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,178 (2012) → 1,198 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 732 (1990) → 1,198 (2023): 63.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 493, of which 0.4 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km NEGP — 1.9 km NEPharmacy — 1.9 km NE 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 (Muntzenheim): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fortschwihr): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Muntzenheim): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Muntzenheim): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fortschwihr): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the COLMAR - HOUSS. weather station, 7 km away at 192 m; the village itself is at 186 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COLMAR - HOUSS., 7 km away at 192 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 603 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FORTSCHWIHR, 0.2 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68095/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68095/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68095/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68095/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68227
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68095
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
Mirepeix	64	809 km SW	1,255	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Jean-de-Thouars	79	589 km W	1,328	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 51 %
Boisset-lès-Montrond	42	369 km SW	1,212	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Gumbrechtshoffen	67	92 km N	1,113	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chamarande	91	390 km W	1,089	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Vandoncourt	25	80 km SW	788	38	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vandoncourt	25	80 km SW	788	38	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Gumbrechtshoffen	67	92 km N	1,113	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Boisset-lès-Montrond	42	369 km SW	1,212	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Chamarande	91	390 km W	1,089	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Thouars	79	589 km W	1,328	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 51 %
Mirepeix	64	809 km SW	1,255	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Fortschwihr'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
Gumbrechtshoffen	67	92 km N	1,113	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Niedermodern	67	85 km N	913	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Pouilley-Français	25	155 km SW	816	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Durrenentzen	68	3.6 km E	1,062	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Dannemarie-sur-Crète	25	154 km SW	1,486	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Nordheim	67	61 km N	945	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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