Spechbach

Identity

Spechbach (INSEE 68320) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC Sundgau. Population 1,418 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Spechbach-le-Bas (68319). ^[3]

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/68320-spechbach

Vitality score

Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 12,026 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FERME AVICOLE MEYER WIOLAND). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant. ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE ST BERNARD...). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SPECHBACH). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (GEISS LILIANE · COIFF EMOI · L'ATELIER D'ELODIE). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,352 (2012) → 1,418 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,103 (1990) → 1,418 (2023): 28.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 660, of which 1.7 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Balschwiller): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Spechbach): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Illfurth): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Illfurth): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Spechbach): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CARSPACH weather station, 5.4 km away at 332 m; the village itself is at 277 m. ^[12]

The village sits 55 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at CARSPACH, 5.4 km away at 332 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 55 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CARSPACH, 5.4 km away at 332 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 — 68320/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68320/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68320/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68320/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68018
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68320
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 68152
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024