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Guémar

Haut-Rhin · CC du Pays de Ribeauvillé · INSEE 68113

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

Partly served 41.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guémar (INSEE 68113) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC du Pays de Ribeauvillé. Population 1,490 (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/68113-guemar

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 11,688 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 food0.39259.84
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.88
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.78107.82
Housing mix0.9754.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SAS FERME GROLLEMUND). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI CHEZ JESS). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ATTITUDE GOURMANDE). [3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARTINE SCHWETTERLE, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · MARIE-ELISE REBER, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DES ROSEAUX). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (SARL MS COIFF · QUINTANA). [3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA CLAIRIERE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)1SAS FERME GROLLEMUNDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PROXI CHEZ JESSINSEE 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]
Restaurant1ATTITUDE GOURMANDEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3MARTINE SCHWETTERLE, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · MARIE-ELISE REBER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1GUEMAR APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1GYMNASE DES ROSEAUXINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2SARL MS COIFF · QUINTANAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1HOTEL LA CLAIRIEREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 847 2023: 1,490 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,352 (2012) → 1,490 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,162 (1990) → 1,490 (2023): 28.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 694, of which 1.3 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.8 km NE (Guémar)Pharmacy — 3.3 km SW (Ostheim)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 0.8 km NEPharmacy — 3.3 km SW 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 (Guémar): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Guémar): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Guémar): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ostheim): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Guémar): 0.8 km to the north-east (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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the RIBEAU. - ACACI weather station, 4.5 km away at 220 m; the village itself is at 178 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at BERGHEIM-INRAE, 5 km away at 309 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 131 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 697 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at RIBEAU. - ACACI, 4.5 km away at 220 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68113/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68113/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68113/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68113/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68113
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68252
  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
Aspach-le-Bas6851 km S1,26245.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Selles-Saint-Denis41418 km W1,33439.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Villenouvelle31690 km SW1,48745.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Urmatt6738 km N1,50546Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Hindisheim6736 km NE1,56544.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Seebach6797 km NE1,61644.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hindisheim6736 km NE1,56544.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Urmatt6738 km N1,50546Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Aspach-le-Bas6851 km S1,26245.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Seebach6797 km NE1,61644.7Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Selles-Saint-Denis41418 km W1,33439.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Villenouvelle31690 km SW1,48745.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 66 % · 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 Guémar'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
Selles-Saint-Denis41418 km W1,33439.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Hindisheim6736 km NE1,56544.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Reiningue6850 km S1,89449Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Blaesheim6739 km NE1,46147Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-la-Motte42348 km SW1,43639.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Dauendorf6774 km N1,41835.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %