Merxheim

Identity

Merxheim (INSEE 68203) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de la Région de Guebwiller. Population 1,396 (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/68203-merxheim

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 12,122 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ DONAT). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NADIA MAOUI, MÉDECIN · HELENE MAGINOT-MCRAE, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE BOURRIGAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MERXHEIM). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE A DOMICILE PEGGY). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,287 (2012) → 1,396 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,039 (1990) → 1,396 (2023): 34.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 629, of which 2.5 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Gundolsheim): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Issenheim): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Merxheim): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Issenheim): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Merxheim): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GUEBWILLER weather station, 5.1 km away at 273 m; the village itself is at 218 m. ^[11]

The village sits 55 m below 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROUFFACH - SA, 6 km away at 285 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 67 m above 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 646 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROUFFACH - CHS, 4.8 km away at 208 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68203/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68203/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68203/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68203/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68116
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68156
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68203
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024