Michelbach-le-Haut

Identity

Michelbach-le-Haut (INSEE 68208) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Saint-Louis Agglomération. Population 636 (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/68208-michelbach-le-haut

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,802 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]

2 × Restaurant (DAS REFEKTORIUM · MEZZALUNA EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 587 (2012) → 636 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 471 (1990) → 636 (2023): 35 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 2.9 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ranspach-le-Haut): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Knœringue): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Folgensbourg): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Hagenthal-le-Bas): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Michelbach-le-Haut): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BALE-MULHOUSE weather station, 7.3 km away at 263 m; the village itself is at 353 m. ^[13]

The village sits 90 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BALE-MULHOUSE, 7.3 km away at 263 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 90 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 901 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MUESPACH, 5 km away at 400 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

No price figures: this département keeps the livre foncier rather than the cadastre, so its transactions are not published in DVF at all. ^[14]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68208/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68208/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68208/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68208/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68264
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68168
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68094
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68120
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68208
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025