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Guebwiller

Haut-Rhin · CC de la Région de Guebwiller · INSEE 68112

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

Partly served 54.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guebwiller (INSEE 68112) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de la Région de Guebwiller. Population 11,243 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68112-guebwiller

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)).

Better served than 36 % of the 2,182 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 food0.42510.11
Social0.912018.21
Education0.39103.93
Health0.37103.74
Public & culture0.1250.59
Population trend0.53105.27
Housing mix0.9254.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 2 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE PAPOUPA · L'AUTHENTIQUE · PATISSERIE CHOCOLATERIE CLAUDE HELFTER). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON FABRO · LES DOMINICAINS). [3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE REGAL · ALIMENTATION GENERALE BOUCHERIE · SEWA). [3,4]

5 × Supermarket (ALIFLO · LIDL · LECLERC DRIVE · FLORIDIS · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]

2 × Fishmonger (CELLIER DE FANCH). [3,4]

42 × Restaurant (PATISSERIE CH. HUSSER · GUEB · CAFE CHEZ HANSI · L'AUBERGE DU VALLON · LA NOUVELLE TAVERNE DU VIGNERON). [3,4]

14 × Café / bar (LE 2001 · CAFE CHEZ HANSI · BAR LE TORPEDO · LE CALIFORNIA CAFE · PUB LES DOMINICAINS). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE CHARLES KIENZL). [3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE STORCK · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ADELAIDE HAUTVAL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEANNE BUCHER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE DANIEL). [3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE MATHIAS GRUNEWALD · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE COLLEGE DANIEL). [3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-PHILIPPE ZUG, MÉDECIN · ALAIN NOVAK, MÉDECIN · HENRI QUILLET, MÉDECIN · MARIE-CECILE KOESSLER-KORNETZKY, MÉDECIN · JEAN ZANDONELLA, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT LEGER · PHARMACIE BISCHOFF). [3,4]

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

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

1 × Cinema (FLORIVAL). [3]

4 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ROBERT FACCHIN · GYMNASE LYCEE ALFRED KASTLER · CENTRE SPORTIF FLORIVAL · GYMNASE DU LYCEE THEODORE DECK). [3]

7 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · BANQUE CIC EST). [3]

20 × Hairdresser (VICE VERSA · ESPACE BEAUTE TIP TOP COIFF' · CAROLINEK). [3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL RESTAURANT DE L'ANGE · DOMAINE DU LAC). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 10 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 5 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)6LE FOURNIL DE PAPOUPA · L'AUTHENTIQUE · PATISSERIE CHOCOLATERIE CLAUDE HELFTERINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2MAISON FABRO · LES DOMINICAINSINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)3LE REGAL · ALIMENTATION GENERALE BOUCHERIE · SEWAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Supermarket5ALIFLO · LIDL · LECLERC DRIVE · FLORIDIS · CARREFOUR EXPRESSINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger2CELLIER DE FANCHINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Restaurant42PATISSERIE CH. HUSSER · GUEB · CAFE CHEZ HANSI · L'AUBERGE DU VALLON · LA NOUVELLE TAVERNE DU VIGNERONINSEE BPE 42 / INSEE SIRENE 70 [3,4]
Café / bar14LE 2001 · CAFE CHEZ HANSI · BAR LE TORPEDO · LE CALIFORNIA CAFE · PUB LES DOMINICAINSINSEE SIRENE 14 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE CHARLES KIENZLINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)4ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE STORCK · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ADELAIDE HAUTVAL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEANNE BUCHER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE DANIELINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège2COLLEGE MATHIAS GRUNEWALD · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE COLLEGE DANIELINSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)6JEAN-PHILIPPE ZUG, MÉDECIN · ALAIN NOVAK, MÉDECIN · HENRI QUILLET, MÉDECIN · MARIE-CECILE KOESSLER-KORNETZKY, MÉDECIN · JEAN ZANDONELLA, MÉDECININSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE SAINT LEGER · PHARMACIE BISCHOFFINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GUEBWILLERINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1FLORIVALINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall4GYMNASE ROBERT FACCHIN · GYMNASE LYCEE ALFRED KASTLER · CENTRE SPORTIF FLORIVAL · GYMNASE DU LYCEE THEODORE DECKINSEE BPE 4 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank7BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS · BANQUE CIC ESTINSEE BPE 7 [3]
Hairdresser20VICE VERSA · ESPACE BEAUTE TIP TOP COIFF' · CAROLINEKINSEE BPE 20 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel2HÔTEL RESTAURANT DE L'ANGE · DOMAINE DU LACINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 10,842 peak 2007: 11,658 2023: 11,243 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 11,440 (2012) → 11,243 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 10,944 (1990) → 11,243 (2023): 2.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 6,172, of which 3.9 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [8]

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 (Guebwiller): 0 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Guebwiller): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Guebwiller): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Guebwiller): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Guebwiller): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the GUEBWILLER weather station, 1.3 km away at 273 m; the village itself is at 295 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ROUFFACH - SA, 8.4 km away at 285 m, over 26 summers. [10]

An average of 920 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at GUEBWILLER, 1.3 km away at 273 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68112/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/5/154e0783-e830-3b41-a0ae-e460a2fd671d— “Marché de Guebwiller”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68112/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68112/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68112/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68112
  10. 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
La Roche-sur-Foron74216 km S11,34855Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Issoudun36407 km W11,15953.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone34552 km SW10,87248.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 %
Tournon-sur-Rhône07365 km SW11,27960.4ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Saverne6793 km N11,46054.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Amnéville57170 km NW10,87555.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saverne6793 km N11,46054.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Amnéville57170 km NW10,87555.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %
La Roche-sur-Foron74216 km S11,34855Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Tournon-sur-Rhône07365 km SW11,27960.4ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Issoudun36407 km W11,15953.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone34552 km SW10,87248.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 38 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Guebwiller'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
Onet-le-Château12531 km SW12,08058.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Erstein6766 km NE10,79050.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Gerzat63386 km SW10,33548.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Motte-Servolex73277 km S12,06750.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre77323 km NW10,25459.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Cotterêts02338 km NW10,48951.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %