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Heimsbrunn

Haut-Rhin · CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération · INSEE 68129

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

Partly served 41.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Heimsbrunn (INSEE 68129) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Population 1,314 (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/68129-heimsbrunn

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 12,602 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 food0.34258.55
Social0.39207.87
Education0.39103.93
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture050
Population trend0.7106.97
Housing mix0.9854.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE CHRISTOPHE V · LES MAINS SUCREES). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DELAL). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE BRASSERIE AU SOLEIL D OR). [4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY BOGENSCHUTZ, MÉDECIN · FANNY GARNIER, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (RUKEN COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA CHAUMIERE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE CHRISTOPHE V · LES MAINS SUCREESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant1DELALINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1CAFE BRASSERIE AU SOLEIL D ORINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2THIERRY BOGENSCHUTZ, MÉDECIN · FANNY GARNIER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1RUKEN COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LA CHAUMIEREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 766 peak 2007: 1,419 2023: 1,314 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,383 (2012) → 1,314 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,098 (1990) → 1,314 (2023): 19.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 605, of which 1.2 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 2.8 km N (Reiningue)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.8 km N 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 (Heimsbrunn): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Heimsbrunn): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Heimsbrunn): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Reiningue): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Heimsbrunn): 0.2 km to the south-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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MULHOUSE weather station, 5.3 km away at 245 m; the village itself is at 284 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at MULHOUSE, 5.3 km away at 245 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MULHOUSE, 5.3 km away at 245 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 — 68129/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68129/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68129/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68129/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68129
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68267
  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
Quintal74227 km SW1,25742.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Niederschaeffolsheim67122 km N1,32539.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Hirtzbach6814 km S1,41835.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Marcey-les-Grèves50647 km W1,27543.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Stuckange57192 km N1,51537.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 70 %
Servins62448 km NW1,14739.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hirtzbach6814 km S1,41835.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Niederschaeffolsheim67122 km N1,32539.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Stuckange57192 km N1,51537.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 70 %
Quintal74227 km SW1,25742.5Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Servins62448 km NW1,14739.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Marcey-les-Grèves50647 km W1,27543.5Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Heimsbrunn'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
Hirtzbach6814 km S1,41835.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Aspach-Michelbach688.8 km NW1,74741.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Crest63386 km SW1,30033.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sammeron77335 km NW1,17834.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bignoux86526 km W1,08738.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Stutzheim-Offenheim67104 km N1,60742Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %