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Oberlarg

Haut-Rhin · CC Sundgau · INSEE 68243

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

Few services 25.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oberlarg (INSEE 68243) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Sundgau. Population 143 (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/68243-oberlarg

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 13,700 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.48104.79
Housing mix0.7853.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE MORIMONT). [3,4]

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

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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1AUBERGE DE MORIMONTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 174 2023: 143 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 152 (2012) → 143 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 146 (1990) → 143 (2023): -2.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 74, of which 10.8 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.0 km N (Durlinsdorf)Food shop — 7.2 km NW (Pfetterhouse)GP — 7.3 km NE (Vieux-Ferrette)Pharmacy — 7.3 km NE (Ferrette)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km NFood shop — 7.2 km NWGP — 7.3 km NEPharmacy — 7.3 km NE 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 (Durlinsdorf): 3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pfetterhouse): 7.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Vieux-Ferrette): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Ferrette): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Oberlarg): 0 km to the north (straight line). [12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the LUCELLE_SAPC weather station, 3.3 km away at 690 m; the village itself is at 532 m. [13]

The village sits 158 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. [13]

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

Humidity measured at ALTKIRCH, 17.9 km away at 350 m, over 10 summers. [13]

That station sits 182 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 1,108 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at LUCELLE_SAPC, 3.3 km away at 690 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68243/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68243/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68243/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68243/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68074
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68257
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68347
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68090
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68243
  13. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Guigny62498 km NW14926.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Les Essarts-le-Vicomte51304 km NW13427.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Maurice74204 km SW12126.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Araux64776 km SW13627.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Boyaval62492 km NW14730.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferté39132 km SW18225.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Ferté39132 km SW18225.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Maurice74204 km SW12126.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Les Essarts-le-Vicomte51304 km NW13427.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Boyaval62492 km NW14730.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Guigny62498 km NW14926.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 80 %
Araux64776 km SW13627.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Oberlarg'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Croix9021 km W18031.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Brétigny27523 km NW14115.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Laffaux02358 km NW14918.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bourguignon-sous-Montbavin02356 km NW14017.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Crocq60443 km NW17831.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Fouchères-aux-Bois55197 km NW13818No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %