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Hochstatt

Haut-Rhin · CC Sundgau · INSEE 68141

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

Few services 29.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hochstatt (INSEE 68141) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Sundgau. Population 2,173 (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/68141-hochstatt

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 9,068 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
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.69106.87
Housing mix0.9854.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

4 × Restaurant (POULAILLON · MATHIS · CHIARA GIANNI · A CASA MIA HOCHSTATT). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

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

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

1 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL REGION ILLFURTH). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (PROWA CLES D'ARGENT). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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]
Restaurant4POULAILLON · MATHIS · CHIARA GIANNI · A CASA MIA HOCHSTATTINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE 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 postale1HOCHSTATT RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL REGION ILLFURTHINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser1PROWA CLES D'ARGENTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,168 2023: 2,173 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,085 (2012) → 2,173 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,831 (1990) → 2,173 (2023): 18.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 997, of which 0.9 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.5 km SE (Zillisheim)Food shop — 1.5 km SE (Zillisheim)GP — 1.5 km SE (Zillisheim)Pharmacy — 1.5 km SE (Zillisheim)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.5 km SEFood shop — 1.5 km SEGP — 1.5 km SEPharmacy — 1.5 km SE 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 (Zillisheim): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Zillisheim): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Zillisheim): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Zillisheim): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Hochstatt): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

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, 5.4 km away at 245 m; the village itself is at 273 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at MULHOUSE, 5.4 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, 5.4 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 — 68141/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68141/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68141/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68141/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68384
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68141
  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
Plappeville57180 km NW2,02723.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Messein54131 km NW1,98132Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chevry01184 km SW2,37237Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Andolsheim6842 km N2,19936.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Pencran29858 km W2,23426.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Béning-lès-Saint-Avold57163 km N1,09520.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Andolsheim6842 km N2,19936.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Messein54131 km NW1,98132Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Béning-lès-Saint-Avold57163 km N1,09520.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Plappeville57180 km NW2,02723.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chevry01184 km SW2,37237Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Pencran29858 km W2,23426.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Hochstatt'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
Plappeville57180 km NW2,02723.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Messein54131 km NW1,98132Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chevry01184 km SW2,37237Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Andolsheim6842 km N2,19936.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ruelisheim6815 km NE2,51933.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Steinbach6816 km NW1,37919.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %