Kruth

Haut-Rhin · CC de la Vallée de Saint-Amarin · INSEE 68171

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Kruth (INSEE 68171) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de la Vallée de Saint-Amarin. Population 856 (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/68171-kruth

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 15,250 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	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.38	10	3.77
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 2 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU CH'TI PANIER ALSACIEN). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (FERME AUBERGE SCHAFERT · AUBERGE DU HUSS · AUBERGE DU LAC DE KRUTH · AUBERGE DE FRANCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-LUC KLEIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL-RESTAURANT LES QUATRE SAISONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU SCHLOSSBERG). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU CH'TI PANIER ALSACIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	FERME AUBERGE SCHAFERT · AUBERGE DU HUSS · AUBERGE DU LAC DE KRUTH · AUBERGE DE FRANCE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JEAN-LUC KLEIN, 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	KRUTH 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL-RESTAURANT LES QUATRE SAISONS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU SCHLOSSBERG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,094 2023: 856 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 962 (2012) → 856 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 976 (1990) → 856 (2023): -12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 546, of which 15.8 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.6 km NBakery — 2.2 km SEPharmacy — 2.4 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 (Oderen): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Kruth): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Kruth): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Oderen): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Kruth): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.9

Days at or below 0 °C 85.8

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the KRUTH_SAPC weather station, 1.7 km away at 512 m; the village itself is at 493 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MARKSTEIN CRETE, 5.1 km away at 1,184 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 691 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,993 mm of rain a year, spread over 160 days — about 12.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at KRUTH MF, 1.1 km away at 500 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68171/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68171/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68171/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68171/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68247
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68171
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mervent	85	603 km W	1,063	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Walbach	68	24 km NE	936	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Grosrouvre	78	396 km W	902	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Groslée-Saint-Benoit	01	270 km SW	1,227	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Mazaugues	83	516 km S	901	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Lavaré	72	470 km W	815	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Walbach	68	24 km NE	936	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Groslée-Saint-Benoit	01	270 km SW	1,227	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Grosrouvre	78	396 km W	902	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Lavaré	72	470 km W	815	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Mazaugues	83	516 km S	901	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Mervent	85	603 km W	1,063	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Kruth'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
Antully	71	224 km SW	789	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Poizat-Lalleyriat	01	219 km SW	732	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mourmelon-le-Petit	51	236 km NW	803	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Jeandelaincourt	54	115 km NW	785	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Igny-de-Roche	71	280 km SW	789	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Aveize	69	314 km SW	1,110	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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