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Rodern

Haut-Rhin · CC du Pays de Ribeauvillé · INSEE 68280

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rodern (INSEE 68280) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC du Pays de Ribeauvillé. Population 401 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68280-rodern

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,999 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8854.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DU VIGNOBLE). [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (OLIVIA COIFF A DOMICILE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE DU VIGNOBLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser1OLIVIA COIFF A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 279 2023: 401 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 334 (2012) → 401 (2023): 20.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 266 (1990) → 401 (2023): 50.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 204, of which 5.9 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.2 km SE (Rorschwihr)Food shop — 1.4 km NE (Saint-Hippolyte)GP — 1.5 km NE (Saint-Hippolyte)Pharmacy — 2.2 km S (Bergheim)
In the commune Bakery Primary school — 1.2 km SEFood shop — 1.4 km NEGP — 1.5 km NEPharmacy — 2.2 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 (Rodern): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Hippolyte): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Hippolyte): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bergheim): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Rorschwihr): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the BERGHEIM-INRAE weather station, 1.1 km away at 309 m; the village itself is at 262 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at BERGHEIM-INRAE, 1.1 km away at 309 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 668 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BERGHEIM-INRAE, 1.1 km away at 309 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68280/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68280/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68280/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68280/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68280
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68296
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68028
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68285
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Étrun62410 km NW32717.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Eckartswiller6760 km N4209.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Anctoville-sur-Boscq50658 km W43516.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 74 %
Bondaroy45377 km W41113.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Obermorschwihr6823 km S42013.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Sailly-lez-Cambrai59374 km NW40911.3No daily shopsno figures
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Obermorschwihr6823 km S42013.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Eckartswiller6760 km N4209.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sailly-lez-Cambrai59374 km NW40911.3No daily shopsno figures
Bondaroy45377 km W41113.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Étrun62410 km NW32717.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Anctoville-sur-Boscq50658 km W43516.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 74 %

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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 Rodern'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
Eckartswiller6760 km N4209.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chepy51227 km W46215.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Carnetin77350 km W46112.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ville-sur-Lumes08253 km NW53017.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Breilly80422 km NW70723.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Gottenhouse6755 km N36621.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %