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Hettenschlag

Haut-Rhin · CC Alsace Rhin Brisach · INSEE 68136

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hettenschlag (INSEE 68136) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Alsace Rhin Brisach. Population 357 (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/68136-hettenschlag

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 18,074 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 food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.95109.51
Housing mix155

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CROUSTI PIZZA). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant2CROUSTI PIZZAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA CLAIRIEREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 200 2023: 357 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 337 (2012) → 357 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 246 (1990) → 357 (2023): 45.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 154, of which 0 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.1 km SE (Dessenheim)Food shop — 3.1 km NW (Appenwihr)GP — 3.6 km SE (Dessenheim)Pharmacy — 5.2 km E (Neuf-Brisach)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km SEFood shop — 3.1 km NWGP — 3.6 km SEPharmacy — 5.2 km E 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 (Dessenheim): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Appenwihr): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Dessenheim): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Neuf-Brisach): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Hettenschlag): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [11]

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the COLMAR-MEYENHEIM weather station, 9.1 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 198 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at COLMAR-MEYENHEIM, 9.1 km away at 207 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 653 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at OBERENTZEN, 8.9 km away at 203 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

No price figures: this département keeps the livre foncier rather than the cadastre, so its transactions are not published in DVF at all. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68136/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68136/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68136/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68136/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68069
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68008
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68231
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68136
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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-Sauveur-de-Puynormand33663 km SW36930.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Boursies59400 km NW36032.1Few servicesno figures
Hennecourt8890 km W34328.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Rethonvillers80387 km NW34629.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Relans39205 km SW34832.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Lissy77359 km W35232.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hennecourt8890 km W34328.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Relans39205 km SW34832.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Lissy77359 km W35232.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Rethonvillers80387 km NW34629.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Boursies59400 km NW36032.1Few servicesno figures
Saint-Sauveur-de-Puynormand33663 km SW36930.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Hettenschlag'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
Montholier39184 km SW36529.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Brognon21184 km W31731.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Dreuilhe09711 km SW36027.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Noironte25144 km SW40533.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gimouille58349 km W40523.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chitry89281 km W34626.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %