Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine

Haut-Rhin · CA Colmar Agglomération · INSEE 68295

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

Partly served 42.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine (INSEE 68295) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Colmar Agglomération. Population 3,004 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68295-sainte-croix-en-plaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 7,107 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	0.28	25	6.97
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (S' LANDBROT BOULANGERIE BERRET · JM CLERGUE - WEDDINGS CAKES & CO). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL EDGAR JAUSS ET FILS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE COLMAR). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE ST CRU · API RESTAURATION · LA PORTE BLEUE · LE FLORENTIN · LA ROSE ROUGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES BOSQUETS). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENOIT FLORENCE, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE THOMANN-GOUJAUD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PLAINE SANTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE DE SAINTE-CROIX-EN-PLAINE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL ILL ET HARDT). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (LE COCON · LES CISEAUX DE LAURINE · L'HAIR DE PLAIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAPFUN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	S' LANDBROT BOULANGERIE BERRET · JM CLERGUE - WEDDINGS CAKES & CO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL EDGAR JAUSS ET FILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ALDI MARCHE COLMAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	RESTAURANT LE ST CRU · API RESTAURATION · LA PORTE BLEUE · LE FLORENTIN · LA ROSE ROUGE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES BOSQUETS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	BENOIT FLORENCE, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE THOMANN-GOUJAUD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PLAINE SANTE	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	1	POINT LECTURE DE SAINTE-CROIX-EN-PLAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL ILL ET HARDT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	5	LE COCON · LES CISEAUX DE LAURINE · L'HAIR DE PLAIRE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAPFUN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,502 2023: 3,004 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,794 (2012) → 3,004 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,895 (1990) → 3,004 (2023): 58.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,382, of which 2.8 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.1 km N 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 (Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.4

Days at or below 0 °C 66

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the COLMAR-INRAE weather station, 7.3 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 197 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at COLMAR-INRAE, 7.3 km away at 202 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 653 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at OBERENTZEN, 7.3 km away at 203 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 — 68295/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68295/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68295/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68295/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68295
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
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais	85	669 km W	2,808	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 50 %
Rives d'Andaine	61	585 km W	2,844	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Uzerche	19	529 km SW	2,814	53.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Langoiran	33	701 km SW	2,215	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 %
Cissac-Médoc	33	699 km SW	2,332	54.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Drézéry	34	543 km SW	3,006	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Uzerche	19	529 km SW	2,814	53.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Drézéry	34	543 km SW	3,006	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Rives d'Andaine	61	585 km W	2,844	52.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais	85	669 km W	2,808	56.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 50 %
Cissac-Médoc	33	699 km SW	2,332	54.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 %
Langoiran	33	701 km SW	2,215	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 42 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine'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
Arbois	39	173 km SW	3,114	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Carignan	08	243 km NW	2,680	66.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs	38	335 km SW	3,425	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Chalamont	01	280 km SW	2,533	63.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Pouilly-sous-Charlieu	42	323 km SW	2,588	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Gerstheim	67	48 km NE	3,490	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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