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Lucelle

Haut-Rhin · CC Sundgau · INSEE 68190

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

No daily shops 7.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lucelle (INSEE 68190) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Sundgau. Population 29 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/68190-lucelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 1,915 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0100
Housing mix0.0850.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ASSOCIATION OEUVRE DE LUCELLE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL RESTAURANT DU PETIT KOHLBERG). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant1ASSOCIATION OEUVRE DE LUCELLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Hotel1HÔTEL RESTAURANT DU PETIT KOHLBERGINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 64 peak 1990: 71 2023: 29 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 39 (2012) → 29 (2023): -25.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 71 (1990) → 29 (2023): -59.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 39, of which 46.2 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.9 km N (Oberlarg)Bakery — 6.7 km N (Durlinsdorf)Food shop — 9.6 km NE (Vieux-Ferrette)Pharmacy — 9.6 km NE (Ferrette)GP — 9.9 km NE (Vieux-Ferrette)
Primary school — 3.9 km NBakery — 6.7 km NFood shop — 9.6 km NEPharmacy — 9.6 km NEGP — 9.9 km NE 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 (Durlinsdorf): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vieux-Ferrette): 9.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Vieux-Ferrette): 9.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Ferrette): 9.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Oberlarg): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). [11]

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LUCELLE_SAPC weather station, 2.3 km away at 690 m; the village itself is at 652 m. [12]

An average of 1,108 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LUCELLE_SAPC, 2.3 km away at 690 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 — 68190/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68190/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68190/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68190/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68074
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68347
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68090
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68243
  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
Lagarde-d'Apt84407 km S3012.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 31 %
Seignalens11634 km SW3020.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 18 %
Saint-Benoit-en-Diois26343 km SW3115No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 53 %
Saint-Didier58273 km W3013.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Martin-des-Puits11610 km SW3018.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 22 %
Villard-Notre-Dame38283 km S2516.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 22 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Didier58273 km W3013.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 66 %
Villard-Notre-Dame38283 km S2516.4No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 22 %
Saint-Benoit-en-Diois26343 km SW3115No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 53 %
Lagarde-d'Apt84407 km S3012.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 31 %
Saint-Martin-des-Puits11610 km SW3018.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 22 %
Seignalens11634 km SW3020.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 18 %

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