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Knœringue

Haut-Rhin · CA Saint-Louis Agglomération · INSEE 68168

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

Few services 34/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Knœringue (INSEE 68168) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Saint-Louis Agglomération. Population 381 (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/68168-knoeringue

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 18,018 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix155

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FERME MATHIEU). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT AU CHASSEUR). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)1FERME MATHIEUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2RESTAURANT AU CHASSEURINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 217 peak 2017: 381 2023: 381 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 356 (2012) → 381 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 227 (1990) → 381 (2023): 67.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 182, of which 0 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.0 km NE (Ranspach-le-Haut)Bakery — 2.1 km NE (Ranspach-le-Haut)GP — 2.5 km SW (Muespach)Pharmacy — 5.8 km SW (Durmenach)
In the commune Food shop Primary school — 2.0 km NEBakery — 2.1 km NEGP — 2.5 km SWPharmacy — 5.8 km SW 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 (Ranspach-le-Haut): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Knœringue): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Muespach): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Durmenach): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Ranspach-le-Haut): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the BALE-MULHOUSE weather station, 9.8 km away at 263 m; the village itself is at 409 m. [12]

The village sits 146 m above 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at BALE-MULHOUSE, 9.8 km away at 263 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 146 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 901 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MUESPACH, 2.3 km away at 400 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68168/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68168/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68168/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68168/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68264
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68168
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68221
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68075
  12. 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
La Chapelle-du-Châtelard01246 km SW38831.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 62 %
Cahuzac81616 km SW35630.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 31 % · humidity 29 %
Villedubert11619 km SW34927.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 18 % · humidity 36 %
Verrières51249 km NW42325.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cabanial31623 km SW47231Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 11 % · humidity 57 %
Lommerange57223 km NW38023.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lommerange57223 km NW38023.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
La Chapelle-du-Châtelard01246 km SW38831.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 62 %
Verrières51249 km NW42325.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Cahuzac81616 km SW35630.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 31 % · humidity 29 %
Villedubert11619 km SW34927.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 18 % · humidity 36 %
Le Cabanial31623 km SW47231Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 11 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Knœringue'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
La Chapelle-lès-Luxeuil7081 km W38017.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Guntzviller57129 km N35319.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Meslières2542 km W32317.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Semondans2553 km W30122.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chamagne88126 km NW44621.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Auxelles-Bas9050 km NW41720.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %