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Sondersdorf

Haut-Rhin · CC Sundgau · INSEE 68312

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 12.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sondersdorf (INSEE 68312) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Sundgau. Population 319 (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/68312-sondersdorf

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 17,924 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.56105.63
Housing mix0.9854.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)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]
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]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 297 peak 2012: 347 2023: 319 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 347 (2012) → 319 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 300 (1990) → 319 (2023): 6.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 168, of which 1.2 % second homes and 16.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.3 km NW (Ferrette)Bakery — 2.1 km NW (Ferrette)Pharmacy — 2.6 km NW (Ferrette)Food shop — 2.9 km NW (Vieux-Ferrette)GP — 3.4 km NW (Vieux-Ferrette)
Primary school — 1.3 km NWBakery — 2.1 km NWPharmacy — 2.6 km NWFood shop — 2.9 km NWGP — 3.4 km NW 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 (Ferrette): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vieux-Ferrette): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Vieux-Ferrette): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Ferrette): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Ferrette): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

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 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LUCELLE_SAPC weather station, 7.1 km away at 690 m; the village itself is at 517 m. [10]

The village sits 173 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. [10]

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

Humidity measured at ALTKIRCH, 16.3 km away at 350 m, over 10 summers. [10]

That station sits 167 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 1,054 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at FERRETTE, 2.7 km away at 480 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68312/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68312/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68312/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68312/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68090
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68347
  10. 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
Fertans25107 km SW31917.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vathiménil54126 km NW31713.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Oulph10283 km NW32017.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %
Labruyère-Dorsa31644 km SW31717.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %
Dossenheim-Kochersberg67130 km N32217.5No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Schweyen57186 km N31912No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fertans25107 km SW31917.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vathiménil54126 km NW31713.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Dossenheim-Kochersberg67130 km N32217.5No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Schweyen57186 km N31912No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Oulph10283 km NW32017.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %
Labruyère-Dorsa31644 km SW31717.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Sondersdorf'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
Fertans25107 km SW31917.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Schweyen57186 km N31912No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Champigneul-Champagne51287 km NW32214.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Hauviné08297 km NW31116.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sailly-Achâtel57179 km NW32417.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Boncourt-sur-Meuse55197 km NW3139.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %