Le Haut Soultzbach
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 26.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Haut Soultzbach (INSEE 68219) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de la Vallée de la Doller et du Soultzbach. Population 879 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Soppe-le-Haut (68314). [3]
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/68219-le-haut-soultzbach
Vitality score
Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 26 % of the 15,109 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 | 0.29 | 25 | 7.21 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.88 | 10 | 8.82 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DU SOULTZBACH · LES DELICES DE FRIDA). [4,5]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU HAUT SOULTZBACH). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | EPICERIE DU SOULTZBACH · LES DELICES DE FRIDA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU HAUT SOULTZBACH | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 896 (2012) → 879 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 636 (1990) → 879 (2023): 38.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 413, of which 1.7 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lauw): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Le Haut Soultzbach): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Lauw): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Masevaux-Niederbruck): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Sentheim): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the THANN weather station, 8.7 km away at 338 m; the village itself is at 374 m. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at CARSPACH, 17.6 km away at 332 m, over 20 summers. [13]
An average of 1,476 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at LAUW, 2.6 km away at 380 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68219/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68219/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68219/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68219/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68179
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68219
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68201
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68304
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulon | 14 | 568 km W | 844 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hardinvast | 50 | 670 km W | 928 | 29.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trois-Palis | 16 | 581 km W | 944 | 33 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
| Amagney | 25 | 83 km SW | 934 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sarrigné | 49 | 557 km W | 935 | 32.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Glisolles | 27 | 466 km W | 838 | 13 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amagney | 25 | 83 km SW | 934 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Glisolles | 27 | 466 km W | 838 | 13 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sarrigné | 49 | 557 km W | 935 | 32.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boulon | 14 | 568 km W | 844 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trois-Palis | 16 | 581 km W | 944 | 33 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hardinvast | 50 | 670 km W | 928 | 29.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Le Haut Soultzbach'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tramolé | 38 | 282 km SW | 810 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Éloise | 74 | 205 km SW | 931 | 25.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Frières-Faillouël | 02 | 353 km NW | 971 | 23.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Orcemont | 78 | 399 km W | 985 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Appenwihr | 68 | 44 km NE | 586 | 22.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neugartheim-Ittlenheim | 67 | 109 km N | 784 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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