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Illfurth

Haut-Rhin · CC Sundgau · INSEE 68152

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

Partly served 56.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Illfurth (INSEE 68152) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Sundgau. Population 2,445 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68152-illfurth

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 8,383 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 food0.34258.55
Social0.672013.44
Education0.39103.93
Health0.67106.72
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.84108.38
Housing mix0.9754.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE - CHARCUTERIE FINE HIMBER). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SAJOUS ISABELLE YANNICK · FERME WOLF). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]

6 × Restaurant (GEZICI MELEK · OLYMPIA ILLFURTH · GUINGUETTE DE ROSELYNE · MOUSQUETAIRES PIZZAS · LE COQ). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (SUN PUB). [4]

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

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DE L'ILL). [3]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AMINA FRANCLIN, MÉDECIN · MARTIN WOLF, MÉDECIN · ANNE BLONDE, MÉDECIN · FABIEN ROUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · LAURE KLAEYLE, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ANNE · BOUCLE D'AURE · IMAGIN'HAIR COIFFURE & ESTHETIQUE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie). [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE - CHARCUTERIE FINE HIMBERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2SAJOUS ISABELLE YANNICK · FERME WOLFINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR EXPRESSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant6GEZICI MELEK · OLYMPIA ILLFURTH · GUINGUETTE DE ROSELYNE · MOUSQUETAIRES PIZZAS · LE COQINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar1SUN PUBINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE DE L'ILLINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)6AMINA FRANCLIN, MÉDECIN · MARTIN WOLF, MÉDECIN · ANNE BLONDE, MÉDECIN · FABIEN ROUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · LAURE KLAEYLE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE WEISENHORNINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ILLFURTHINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE POLYVALENTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL REGION ILLFURTHINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser3COIFFURE ANNE · BOUCLE D'AURE · IMAGIN'HAIR COIFFURE & ESTHETIQUEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,671 peak 2012: 2,511 2023: 2,445 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,511 (2012) → 2,445 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,828 (1990) → 2,445 (2023): 33.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,263, of which 1.3 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 0.7 km N (Illfurth)Bakery — 1.8 km S (Tagolsheim)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.7 km NBakery — 1.8 km S 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 (Tagolsheim): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Illfurth): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

GP (Illfurth): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Illfurth): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Illfurth): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CARSPACH weather station, 5.8 km away at 332 m; the village itself is at 261 m. [11]

The village sits 71 m below 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CARSPACH, 5.8 km away at 332 m, over 20 summers. [11]

That station sits 71 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CARSPACH, 5.8 km away at 332 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68152/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/5/39babcd7-ac24-31d8-8bf3-bb5b006d2a10— “Marché de producteurs”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68152/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68152/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68152/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68332
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68152
  11. 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
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache02365 km NW2,46862.2ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Patay45418 km W2,38460.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Laroque-d'Olmes09671 km SW2,45464.8ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Stenay55254 km NW2,40368.9ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-de-Marsan40722 km SW2,50862.3ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Orgerus78432 km W2,48949.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Stenay55254 km NW2,40368.9ServedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache02365 km NW2,46862.2ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Patay45418 km W2,38460.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Orgerus78432 km W2,48949.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Laroque-d'Olmes09671 km SW2,45464.8ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-de-Marsan40722 km SW2,50862.3ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 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 Illfurth'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
Patay45418 km W2,38460.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Laroque-d'Olmes09671 km SW2,45464.8ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Seurre21176 km SW2,35266ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Toucy89297 km W2,57163.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mirebeau86544 km W2,14358.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Venarey-les-Laumes21212 km W2,74764.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %