Katzenthal
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 29.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Katzenthal (INSEE 68161) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de la Vallée de Kaysersberg. Population 506 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68161-katzenthal
Vitality score
Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 17,753 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.5 | 10 | 5.02 |
| Housing mix | 0.68 | 5 | 3.41 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU K). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (AU FLORIMONT · ALAMBICS · CAVEAU DE BACCHUS). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (KATZENTHAL RP). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (KUENTZMANN ARISTIDE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (A L'AGNEAU). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE FOURNIL DU K | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 3 | AU FLORIMONT · ALAMBICS · CAVEAU DE BACCHUS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | KATZENTHAL RP | 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 | 1 | KUENTZMANN ARISTIDE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | A L'AGNEAU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 538 (2012) → 506 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 505 (1990) → 506 (2023): 0.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 309, of which 15.9 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Katzenthal): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ingersheim): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Ingersheim): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Ingersheim): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Niedermorschwihr): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the KAYSERSBERG weather station, 3.7 km away at 246 m; the village itself is at 267 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at COLMAR - HOUSS., 5.7 km away at 192 m, over 18 summers. [11]
That station sits 75 m below 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 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at KAYSERSBERG, 3.7 km away at 246 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
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. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68161/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68161/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68161/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68161/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68161
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68155
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68237
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conliège | 39 | 206 km SW | 667 | 32.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hautvillers | 51 | 269 km NW | 608 | 41.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pommiers | 02 | 327 km NW | 726 | 38.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dommartemont | 54 | 104 km NW | 566 | 20.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Morcourt | 02 | 349 km NW | 544 | 27.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chigny-les-Roses | 51 | 264 km NW | 521 | 28.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dommartemont | 54 | 104 km NW | 566 | 20.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Conliège | 39 | 206 km SW | 667 | 32.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chigny-les-Roses | 51 | 264 km NW | 521 | 28.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hautvillers | 51 | 269 km NW | 608 | 41.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pommiers | 02 | 327 km NW | 726 | 38.5 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Morcourt | 02 | 349 km NW | 544 | 27.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 85 % · 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 Katzenthal'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtois-sur-Yonne | 89 | 299 km W | 783 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hattstatt | 68 | 11 km S | 862 | 25 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Schaeffersheim | 67 | 44 km NE | 878 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fixin | 21 | 198 km SW | 701 | 32.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Alise-Sainte-Reine | 21 | 218 km W | 564 | 18 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neauphle-le-Vieux | 78 | 407 km W | 937 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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