Morschwiller-le-Bas

Haut-Rhin · CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération · INSEE 68218

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 48.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Morschwiller-le-Bas (INSEE 68218) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Population 3,694 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68218-morschwiller-le-bas

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 6,019 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	0.34	25	8.4
Social	0.52	20	10.47
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.47	10	4.67
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE STEPHANE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (GDV GESTION DES VIANDES · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE FINE PERE BOUZANA). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · PROXI). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (POULAILLON · LE ROYAUME DU BONHEUR · AUX DELICES KEBAB · KFC · CAVAZZI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY KOEGLER, MÉDECIN · EMMANUEL VILBOIS, MÉDECIN · CHARLES GERARD, MÉDECIN · MARGOT MEHR, MÉDECIN · VICTORIA FIROAGUER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE DORIS · SALON DE COIFFURE OCEANE · BARBER SHOP & OTHERS · AUX CISEAUX DE FLORIAN). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (CAMPANILE · PREMIERE CLASSE MULHOUSE SUD · ENZO HOTELS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE STEPHANE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	GDV GESTION DES VIANDES · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE FINE PERE BOUZANA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · PROXI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	POULAILLON · LE ROYAUME DU BONHEUR · AUX DELICES KEBAB · KFC · CAVAZZI	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ALFRED GIESS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	THIERRY KOEGLER, MÉDECIN · EMMANUEL VILBOIS, MÉDECIN · CHARLES GERARD, MÉDECIN · MARGOT MEHR, MÉDECIN · VICTORIA FIROAGUER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	7	COIFFURE DORIS · SALON DE COIFFURE OCEANE · BARBER SHOP & OTHERS · AUX CISEAUX DE FLORIAN	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	3	CAMPANILE · PREMIERE CLASSE MULHOUSE SUD · ENZO HOTELS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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

1968: 1,920 peak 2017: 3,766 2023: 3,694 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,527 (2012) → 3,694 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,445 (1990) → 3,694 (2023): 51.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,705, of which 0.6 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.9 km E 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 (Morschwiller-le-Bas): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Morschwiller-le-Bas): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Morschwiller-le-Bas): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Morschwiller-le-Bas): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Morschwiller-le-Bas): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.3

Days at or below 0 °C 67.6

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MULHOUSE weather station, 2.3 km away at 245 m; the village itself is at 267 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MULHOUSE, 2.3 km away at 245 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 757 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MULHOUSE, 2.3 km away at 245 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68218/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68218/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68218/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68218/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68218
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
Gruchet-le-Valasse	76	538 km NW	3,008	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 45 %
Faremoutiers	77	337 km W	3,057	49	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Montville	76	497 km NW	4,625	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Sainghin-en-Mélantois	59	435 km NW	2,840	62.1	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Hésingue	68	26 km SE	2,972	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon	07	413 km SW	2,920	69.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hésingue	68	26 km SE	2,972	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Faremoutiers	77	337 km W	3,057	49	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon	07	413 km SW	2,920	69.1	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Sainghin-en-Mélantois	59	435 km NW	2,840	62.1	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Montville	76	497 km NW	4,625	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Gruchet-le-Valasse	76	538 km NW	3,008	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 45 %

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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 Morschwiller-le-Bas'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
Hésingue	68	26 km SE	2,972	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Veyre-Monton	63	388 km SW	3,721	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Espaly-Saint-Marcel	43	397 km SW	3,585	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Issenheim	68	19 km N	3,502	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ornex	01	185 km SW	5,082	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vals-près-le-Puy	43	398 km SW	3,395	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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