Niffer

Haut-Rhin · CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération · INSEE 68238

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Niffer (INSEE 68238) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération. Population 985 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 14,420 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SIXTY EIGHT). ^[4]

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

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

3 × Hairdresser (LE STUDIO COIFFURE ET ESTHETIQUE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE SIXTY EIGHT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANTOINE FROSSARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE NIFFER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LE STUDIO COIFFURE ET ESTHETIQUE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 307 2023: 985 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 960 (2012) → 985 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 614 (1990) → 985 (2023): 60.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 430, of which 0.9 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km SFood shop — 3.7 km SGP — 3.7 km SPharmacy — 3.7 km S 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 (Kembs): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Kembs): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Kembs): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Kembs): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Niffer): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.6

Days at or below 0 °C 68.8

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BALE-MULHOUSE weather station, 10.9 km away at 263 m; the village itself is at 234 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BALE-MULHOUSE, 10.9 km away at 263 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 856 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SCHLIERBACH, 6.5 km away at 249 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68238/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68238/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68238/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68238/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68163
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68238
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
Strazeele	59	488 km NW	942	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Savy-Berlette	62	465 km NW	929	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Longèves	17	666 km W	1,052	35.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 %
Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien	76	512 km NW	1,101	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Billy-sur-Aisne	02	354 km NW	1,130	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Coat-Méal	29	898 km W	1,133	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 16 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Billy-sur-Aisne	02	354 km NW	1,130	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Savy-Berlette	62	465 km NW	929	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Strazeele	59	488 km NW	942	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien	76	512 km NW	1,101	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Longèves	17	666 km W	1,052	35.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 %
Coat-Méal	29	898 km W	1,133	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 16 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Niffer'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
Montracol	01	247 km SW	1,018	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Torvilliers	10	270 km W	1,028	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Heiteren	68	29 km N	1,069	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy	01	245 km SW	915	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Clénay	21	182 km W	891	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rossfeld	67	70 km N	1,043	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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