Walbach

Haut-Rhin · CA Colmar Agglomération · INSEE 68354

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

Partly served 44.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Walbach (INSEE 68354) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Colmar Agglomération. Population 936 (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/68354-walbach

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 14,731 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.73	10	7.33
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (CAVEAU DE WALBACH · JM IMPORT). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS GUTH, MÉDECIN · BERNARD OTTENWELTER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI MARCH...	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	CAVEAU DE WALBACH · JM IMPORT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	FRANCOIS GUTH, MÉDECIN · BERNARD OTTENWELTER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	WALBACH RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 534 2023: 936 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 868 (2012) → 936 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 759 (1990) → 936 (2023): 23.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 471, of which 4.7 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.7 km SWBakery — 2.0 km SW 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 (Wihr-au-Val): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Walbach): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Walbach): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Wihr-au-Val): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Walbach): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.1

Days at or below 0 °C 43.9

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TROIS-EPIS_SAPC weather station, 4.2 km away at 656 m; the village itself is at 322 m. ^[10]

The village sits 334 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 COLMAR-INRAE, 7.9 km away at 202 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 120 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 814 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TROIS-EPIS_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 656 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68354/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68354/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68354/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68354/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68368
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68354
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
Gandelu	02	319 km NW	683	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Létra	69	311 km SW	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Port-de-Lanne	40	820 km SW	1,232	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Kruth	68	24 km SW	856	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Mimbaste	40	802 km SW	1,001	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Hilaire-Peyroux	19	531 km SW	974	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Kruth	68	24 km SW	856	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Létra	69	311 km SW	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Gandelu	02	319 km NW	683	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-Peyroux	19	531 km SW	974	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Mimbaste	40	802 km SW	1,001	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Port-de-Lanne	40	820 km SW	1,232	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Walbach'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
Gandelu	02	319 km NW	683	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Létra	69	311 km SW	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Preux-au-Bois	59	349 km NW	832	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrepont	54	187 km NW	824	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Grosrouvre	78	411 km W	902	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Lavaré	72	489 km W	815	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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