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Hésingue

Haut-Rhin · CA Saint-Louis Agglomération · INSEE 68135

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

Served 67.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hésingue (INSEE 68135) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Saint-Louis Agglomération. Population 2,972 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68135-hesingue

Vitality score

Vitality score 67.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 7,168 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 food0.682517.01
Social0.812016.14
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9154.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LOPES DA SILVA REBELO FILIPE). [3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (VIANDE CASH · LUCIEN WIMMER - SERVICE TRAITEUR · BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE HERTZOG). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (A COTE BY WIMMER · EM FAMILIA). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (MARTINEZ SARL · LIC). [3,4]

8 × Restaurant (CATALANO ET FILS · CHEVAL BLANC MILITARY TOYS MUSEUM · AU BOEUF NOIR · HAZAL). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar. [4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN NAAS, MÉDECIN · STEPHANIE DUTTO-RAMMAERT, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ESPACE SANTE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (HESINGUE RP). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE CULTUREL SPORTIF ASSOCIATIF ET FESTIF LA COMETE). [3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL HESINGUE & ENVIRONS). [3]

5 × Hairdresser (CARTEAUX LUCETTE · BARBARA SARL · BY ELLES · COUP'N'COIFF & BEAUTE · RAMY COIFF A DOMICILE). [3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (B&B - MULHOUSE BÂLE AÉROPORT). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2LOPES DA SILVA REBELO FILIPEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)3VIANDE CASH · LUCIEN WIMMER - SERVICE TRAITEUR · BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE HERTZOGINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2A COTE BY WIMMER · EM FAMILIAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket2MARTINEZ SARL · LICINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant8CATALANO ET FILS · CHEVAL BLANC MILITARY TOYS MUSEUM · AU BOEUF NOIR · HAZALINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar2INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROLAND IGERSHEIMINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2ALAIN NAAS, MÉDECIN · STEPHANIE DUTTO-RAMMAERT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE ESPACE SANTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1HESINGUE RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE CULTUREL SPORTIF ASSOCIATIF ET FESTIF LA COMETEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL HESINGUE & ENVIRONSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser5CARTEAUX LUCETTE · BARBARA SARL · BY ELLES · COUP'N'COIFF & BEAUTE · RAMY COIFF A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel1B&B - MULHOUSE BÂLE AÉROPORTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,499 2023: 2,972 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,541 (2012) → 2,972 (2023): 17 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,713 (1990) → 2,972 (2023): 73.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,469, of which 4.7 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]

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 (Hésingue): 0 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hésingue): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Hésingue): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Hésingue): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Hésingue): 0.1 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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the BALE-MULHOUSE weather station, 4.3 km away at 263 m; the village itself is at 274 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at BALE-MULHOUSE, 4.3 km away at 263 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 768 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at BALE-MULHOUSE, 4.3 km away at 263 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68135/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68135/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68135/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68135/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68135
  9. 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
Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon07410 km SW2,92069.1ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Faremoutiers77362 km NW3,05749Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Gruchet-le-Valasse76562 km NW3,00845.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 43 %
Sainghin-en-Mélantois59461 km NW2,84062.1ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Morschwiller-le-Bas6826 km NW3,69448.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Manom57222 km NW3,13737.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Morschwiller-le-Bas6826 km NW3,69448.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Manom57222 km NW3,13737.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Faremoutiers77362 km NW3,05749Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon07410 km SW2,92069.1ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Sainghin-en-Mélantois59461 km NW2,84062.1ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Gruchet-le-Valasse76562 km NW3,00845.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 43 %

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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 Hésingue'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
Morschwiller-le-Bas6826 km NW3,69448.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Coubon43399 km SW3,14042.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Volgelsheim6849 km N2,72056.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vals-près-le-Puy43398 km SW3,39542.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Neuf-Brisach6849 km N1,89565.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chadrac43394 km SW2,54263.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %