Mœrnach

Identity

Mœrnach (INSEE 68212) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Sundgau. Population 518 (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/68212-moernach

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,686 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

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

2 × Restaurant (HOTEL-RESTAURANT AUX DEUX CLEFS · BIG TRUCK). ^[3,4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (PLATEAU SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL RESTAURANT AUX DEUX CLEFS). ^[3]

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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 583 (2012) → 518 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 454 (1990) → 518 (2023): 14.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 269, of which 1.1 % second homes and 16 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Durlinsdorf): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vieux-Ferrette): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vieux-Ferrette): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ferrette): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vieux-Ferrette): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LUCELLE_SAPC weather station, 7.3 km away at 690 m; the village itself is at 473 m. ^[11]

The village sits 217 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ALTKIRCH, 12.8 km away at 350 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 123 m below 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 1,054 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FERRETTE, 4.1 km away at 480 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 — 68212/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68212/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68212/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68212/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68074
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68347
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68090
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024