Soultzeren

Identity

Soultzeren (INSEE 68317) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC de la Vallée de Munster. Population 1,183 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/68317-soultzeren

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 13,280 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SCHAFFHAUSER). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE ERTLE PHILIPPE · CHEZ CHRISTOPHE TRAITEUR). ^[3]

3 × Restaurant (FERME AUBERGE GLASBORN · RESTAURANT BELLE VUE · SARL FERME AUBERGE DU FORLET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOULTZEREN RP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA SCHILDMATT). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,145 (2012) → 1,183 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,024 (1990) → 1,183 (2023): 15.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 861, of which 30.2 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Soultzeren): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soultzeren): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Stosswihr): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Munster): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Soultzeren): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MUNSTER_SAPC weather station, 2.1 km away at 420 m; the village itself is at 504 m. ^[11]

The village sits 84 m above 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MUNSTER_SAPC, 2.1 km away at 420 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 84 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,056 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MUNSTER_SAPC, 2.1 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68317/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68317/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68317/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68317/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68317
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68329
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68226
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024