Westhalten

Haut-Rhin · CC du Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux · INSEE 68364

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Westhalten (INSEE 68364) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CC du Pays de Rouffach, Vignobles et Châteaux. Population 1,017 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/68364-westhalten

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 14,237 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	25	0
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.82	10	8.21
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AUBERGE AU VIEUX PRESSOIR SARL D'EXPLOITATION · LE COMPTOIR DE LA VALLEE · REGAM). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (WESTHALTEN AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LCG). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC · HÔTEL DU BOLLENBERG). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	AUBERGE AU VIEUX PRESSOIR SARL D'EXPLOITATION · LE COMPTOIR DE LA VALLEE · REGAM	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ESPACE SAVOIR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	WESTHALTEN AP	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	LCG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC · HÔTEL DU BOLLENBERG	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 707 2023: 1,017 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 981 (2012) → 1,017 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 770 (1990) → 1,017 (2023): 32.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 476, of which 2.3 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.5 km WPharmacy — 1.5 km WGP — 1.6 km WFood shop — 1.7 km W 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 (Soultzmatt): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soultzmatt): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Soultzmatt): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Soultzmatt): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Westhalten): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 56.1

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROUFFACH - SA weather station, 2.2 km away at 285 m; the village itself is at 241 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ROUFFACH - SA, 2.2 km away at 285 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

An average of 628 mm of rain a year, spread over 103 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROUFFACH - SA, 2.2 km away at 285 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 — 68364/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68364/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68364/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68364/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68318
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68364
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
Sommedieue	55	182 km NW	944	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Xeuilley	54	109 km NW	959	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Montaut	64	790 km SW	1,120	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Mirepoix-sur-Tarn	31	637 km SW	1,139	28	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 95 %
Bassou	89	279 km W	869	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Changis-sur-Marne	77	332 km W	1,335	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Xeuilley	54	109 km NW	959	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sommedieue	55	182 km NW	944	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Bassou	89	279 km W	869	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Changis-sur-Marne	77	332 km W	1,335	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Mirepoix-sur-Tarn	31	637 km SW	1,139	28	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 95 %
Montaut	64	790 km SW	1,120	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Westhalten'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
Xeuilley	54	109 km NW	959	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Viterne	54	115 km NW	738	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bézu-Saint-Germain	02	311 km NW	991	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Artolsheim	67	36 km NE	1,005	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Hargarten-aux-Mines	57	149 km N	1,073	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan	91	393 km W	982	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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