Zimmerbach
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Zimmerbach (INSEE 68385) is in Haut-Rhin (68), part of CA Colmar Agglomération. Population 824 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 34 % of the 15,482 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.62 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (AU RAISON D'OR). [4,3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CHARLES PERRAULT). [4]
1 × Hairdresser (HAIR' PASSION COIFFURE MIXTE ET ONG). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | AU RAISON D'OR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CHARLES PERRAULT | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | HAIR' PASSION COIFFURE MIXTE ET ONG | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 877 (2012) → 824 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 709 (1990) → 824 (2023): 16.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 400, of which 1.8 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ammerschwihr): 3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Walbach): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Walbach): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Wihr-au-Val): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Zimmerbach): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the TROIS-EPIS_SAPC weather station, 3.1 km away at 656 m; the village itself is at 307 m. [12]
The village sits 349 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 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at COLMAR-INRAE, 7.1 km away at 202 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 105 m below 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 814 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at TROIS-EPIS_SAPC, 3.1 km away at 656 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68385/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68385/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68385/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 68385/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68005
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68354
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68368
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 68385
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorrevod | 01 | 253 km SW | 815 | 32.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 74 % |
| Ballersdorf | 68 | 50 km S | 818 | 29.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pont-Noyelles | 80 | 407 km NW | 826 | 26.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Elsenheim | 67 | 22 km NE | 803 | 29.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-André-de-Bâgé | 01 | 264 km SW | 841 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 74 % |
| Dalou | 09 | 709 km SW | 775 | 32.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsenheim | 67 | 22 km NE | 803 | 29.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ballersdorf | 68 | 50 km S | 818 | 29.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gorrevod | 01 | 253 km SW | 815 | 32.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 74 % |
| Saint-André-de-Bâgé | 01 | 264 km SW | 841 | 35.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 74 % |
| Pont-Noyelles | 80 | 407 km NW | 826 | 26.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dalou | 09 | 709 km SW | 775 | 32.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Zimmerbach'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Noyelles | 80 | 407 km NW | 826 | 26.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Manneville | 76 | 485 km W | 881 | 28.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lully | 74 | 208 km S | 764 | 31.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Rablais | 77 | 319 km W | 913 | 28.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châtres | 77 | 334 km W | 714 | 30.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaufort | 59 | 337 km NW | 995 | 28.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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