Goldbach-Altenbach

Haut-Rhin · CC de la Vallée de Saint-Amarin · INSEE 68106

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

No daily shops 19.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Goldbach-Altenbach (INSEE 68106) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de la Vallée de Saint-Amarin. Population 261 (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 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,386 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.74	10	7.43
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GAUFRE SOFFRUIT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	GAUFRE SOFFRUIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 231 peak 2007: 297 2023: 261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 280 (2012) → 261 (2023): -6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 210 (1990) → 261 (2023): 24.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 24.3 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.7 km WBakery — 3.8 km SWFood shop — 4.2 km SWGP — 4.4 km WPharmacy — 4.4 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 (Willer-sur-Thur): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Willer-sur-Thur): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Moosch): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Moosch): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Geishouse): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.4

Days at or below 0 °C 71

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GEISHOUSE_SAPC weather station, 3.6 km away at 618 m; the village itself is at 665 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MARKSTEIN CRETE, 7.8 km away at 1,184 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 519 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,266 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GEISHOUSE_SAPC, 3.6 km away at 618 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68106/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68106/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68106/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68106/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68372
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68217
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68102
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
Le Puech	34	550 km SW	262	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · humidity 57 %
La Tour-du-Meix	39	185 km SW	261	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vault-de-Lugny	89	247 km W	271	14.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Montchauvet	78	420 km W	275	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Nampont	80	477 km NW	261	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Pailly	89	286 km W	279	22.2	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Tour-du-Meix	39	185 km SW	261	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vault-de-Lugny	89	247 km W	271	14.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Pailly	89	286 km W	279	22.2	Few services	no figures
Montchauvet	78	420 km W	275	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Nampont	80	477 km NW	261	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Le Puech	34	550 km SW	262	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 16 % · 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 Goldbach-Altenbach'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
Saint-Appolinaire	69	293 km SW	236	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sarcenas	38	307 km S	261	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hohrod	68	20 km N	349	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pupillin	39	150 km SW	248	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Nanteuil-la-Forêt	51	273 km NW	300	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Winkel	68	48 km S	301	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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