Helfrantzkirch

Identity

Helfrantzkirch (INSEE 68132) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Saint-Louis Agglomération. Population 737 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68132-helfrantzkirch

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 16,158 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.

Services

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'HELFRANTZKIRCH). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 731 (2012) → 737 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 685 (1990) → 737 (2023): 7.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 1.9 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ranspach-le-Haut): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Knœringue): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rantzwiller): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bartenheim): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Helfrantzkirch): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BALE-MULHOUSE weather station, 7.1 km away at 263 m; the village itself is at 389 m. ^[13]

The village sits 126 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BALE-MULHOUSE, 7.1 km away at 263 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 126 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 901 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MUESPACH, 7 km away at 400 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68132/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68132/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68132/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68132/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68264
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68168
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68265
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68021
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68132
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024