Houssen

Haut-Rhin · CA Colmar Agglomération · INSEE 68146

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

Partly served 57.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Houssen (INSEE 68146) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Colmar Agglomération. Population 2,323 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68146-houssen

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 8,653 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.7	20	13.91
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOUNIL DU VIGNOBLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE FUMOIR HOUSSENOIS). ^[3]

3 × Supermarket (LIDL · S3 DIFFUSION · CORA). ^[3,4]

12 × Restaurant (LA SCHTOUWA · LE CHAMP DE MARIE · POULAILLON · CREP'EAT · FRANCESCA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LA CLAIRIERE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE FRANCOIS MAURIAC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANDREEA SAVOAIA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (HOUSSEN AP). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (G H M · VIRGIN'HAIR · NEGUL PEGGY · LA BARBE DE PAPA). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hotel (FASTHOTEL · HÔTEL PREMIÈRE CLASSE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOUNIL DU VIGNOBLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LE FUMOIR HOUSSENOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	3	LIDL · S3 DIFFUSION · CORA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	12	LA SCHTOUWA · LE CHAMP DE MARIE · POULAILLON · CREP'EAT · FRANCESCA	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LA CLAIRIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE FRANCOIS MAURIAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ANDREEA SAVOAIA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	HOUSSEN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	6	G H M · VIRGIN'HAIR · NEGUL PEGGY · LA BARBE DE PAPA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	2	FASTHOTEL · HÔTEL PREMIÈRE CLASSE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 1,081 2023: 2,323 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,831 (2012) → 2,323 (2023): 26.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,348 (1990) → 2,323 (2023): 72.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,077, of which 1.9 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.3 km WPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Houssen): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Houssen): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ostheim): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Houssen): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.1

Days at or below 0 °C 69.9

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COLMAR - HOUSS. weather station, 2.3 km away at 192 m; the village itself is at 183 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at COLMAR - HOUSS., 2.3 km away at 192 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 603 mm of rain a year, spread over 99 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FORTSCHWIHR, 6.9 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68146/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68146/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68146/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68146/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68252
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Ouen-de-Thouberville	27	495 km W	2,419	57.9	Partly served	no figures
Hilsenheim	67	23 km NE	2,604	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Montréjeau	31	771 km SW	2,648	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Abondant	28	444 km W	2,434	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Beuvry-la-Forêt	59	394 km NW	2,861	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Sundhouse	67	22 km NE	1,808	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sundhouse	67	22 km NE	1,808	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Hilsenheim	67	23 km NE	2,604	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvry-la-Forêt	59	394 km NW	2,861	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Abondant	28	444 km W	2,434	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-de-Thouberville	27	495 km W	2,419	57.9	Partly served	no figures
Montréjeau	31	771 km SW	2,648	62.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Houssen'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hilsenheim	67	23 km NE	2,604	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sundhouse	67	22 km NE	1,808	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Rœschwoog	67	92 km NE	2,275	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Epfig	67	27 km N	2,263	57.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine	38	325 km SW	2,392	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sissonne	02	302 km NW	2,065	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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