Lauw
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lauw (INSEE 68179) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de la Vallée de la Doller et du Soultzbach. Population 887 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68179-lauw
Vitality score
Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 76 % of the 15,051 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.44 | 10 | 4.36 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.95 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE RUNSER). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (QMP). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY CASTERA, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LAUW RP). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE RUNSER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | QMP | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | THIERRY CASTERA, 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 | LAUW 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 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 938 (2012) → 887 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 948 (1990) → 887 (2023): -6.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 432, of which 0.5 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lauw): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lauw): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Lauw): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Masevaux-Niederbruck): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Lauw): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 95 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BITS.-LES-THANN weather station, 8.4 km away at 395 m; the village itself is at 381 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MARKSTEIN CRETE, 18.5 km away at 1,184 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 803 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 1,476 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LAUW, 0.1 km away at 380 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 — 68179/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68179/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68179/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68179/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68179
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68201
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaux-Andigny | 02 | 359 km NW | 924 | 39.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 57 % |
| Vendeuil | 02 | 346 km NW | 923 | 38.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Augy | 89 | 255 km W | 954 | 51.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villers-Sire-Nicole | 59 | 361 km NW | 1,009 | 32.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 39 % |
| Francaltroff | 57 | 135 km N | 750 | 47.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orschwihr | 68 | 26 km NE | 1,010 | 29.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orschwihr | 68 | 26 km NE | 1,010 | 29.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Francaltroff | 57 | 135 km N | 750 | 47.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Augy | 89 | 255 km W | 954 | 51.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vendeuil | 02 | 346 km NW | 923 | 38.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaux-Andigny | 02 | 359 km NW | 924 | 39.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 57 % |
| Villers-Sire-Nicole | 59 | 361 km NW | 1,009 | 32.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 39 % |
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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 Lauw'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folgensbourg | 68 | 39 km SE | 906 | 42.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Enchenberg | 57 | 142 km N | 1,206 | 30.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avoudrey | 25 | 82 km SW | 982 | 52.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Frêne | 01 | 211 km SW | 1,023 | 34.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villiers-le-Sec | 52 | 151 km W | 710 | 33.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plancher-les-Mines | 70 | 21 km W | 839 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
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