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Municipality profile · department 68

Property in Willer-sur-Thur

The municipality has 1,773 inhabitants, a change of -2.8% ; median living standard there reaches €26,770 a year.

Population
1,773
-5.3% since 2012
Median living standard
€26,770
per year per consumption unit

Public data cross-referenced (DGFiP, INSEE, ADEME), recorded on October 2, 2026.

Rents

Reference rents (2025)

Median advertised rent per m² by property type in Willer-sur-Thur, 2025
Property typeMedian rent (€/m²)Range (€/m²)
Flats, all sizes9.77.5 – 12.4
Flats with 1-2 rooms12.59.7 – 16.1
Flats with 3 or more rooms9.36.7 – 12.9
Houses12.79.3 – 17.3

How to read this table. This is a predicted advertised rent, including service charges, per square metre per month — not the rent signed in the lease. The range brackets the estimate: most listings in the municipality fall within it. These estimates are recalculated every year with a new model, so two releases cannot be compared with each other.

Estimations ANIL, à partir des données du Groupe SeLoger et de leboncoin · Rent map 2025

Energy performance of the housing stock

Breakdown of homes in Willer-sur-Thur by energy performance certificate (EPC) band. Since the loi Climat & Résilience (Climate and Resilience Act), it is this band that determines whether a home may be let.

Breakdown of energy performance certificates in Willer-sur-Thur

  • A145.3%
  • B93.4%
  • C10238.3%
  • D4516.9%
  • E4918.4%
  • F2910.9%
  • G186.8%

266 homes surveyed. 17.7% of the surveyed housing stock is rated F or G — that is 47 homes already affected, or about to be, by the letting ban. Including band E, targeted for 2034, the share rises to 36.1%.

Rental ban timeline
  1. 2025Gbanned
  2. 2028Fbanned
  3. 2034Ebanned

2021 loi Climat & Résilience (Climate and Resilience Act) — applies to new leases.

Counts and shares by band, across all energy surveys recorded in the municipality.

Source: ADEME, energy performance certificate database · recorded on October 2, 2026

Change in EPC (DPE) assessments in Willer-sur-Thur

Change in EPC (DPE) assessments in Willer-sur-ThurA, B and C labels: 43 in 2022, 11 in 2025 ; F and G labels: 20 in 2022, 22 in 2025050202220232024202522%11%
A, B and C labelsF and G labels
Among the assessments carried out each year: the share of well-rated dwellings (A, B, C) and that of thermal sieves (F, G).

The share of F and G labels among assessments is rising: 20.0% in 2022, 21.6% in 2025.

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Assessments carried out by year and by band
YearABCDEFGTotal
2022438857035
202331612126747
2024448211957122
20252027187137

Source: ADEME, energy performance certificate database · recorded on October 2, 2026

Why this breakdown matters. A dwelling rated G can no longer be let under a new lease since 1st January 2025; F will follow in 2028 and E in 2034. A commune whose stock is largely rated F or G therefore faces a wall of renovation work, or an exit from the rental market.

Note: these figures cover surveyed homes, not the entire stock. A survey is only required on sale or letting, so homes occupied for a long time are under-represented.

The trend line starts in 2022: the assessment changed its calculation method in July 2021, and earlier labels cannot be compared with later ones. It describes the dwellings assessed during the year (those being sold, let or just renovated), not an annual census of the housing stock.

Housing stock

Willer-sur-Thur has 937 dwellings at the 2023 census, of which 87.6% are main residences; the rest is split between second homes and vacant dwellings.

What are dwellings used for?

Housing categories in Willer-sur-ThurMain residences : 87.7%Second homes and occasional dwellings : 3.7%Vacant dwellings : 8.6%
  • Main residences87.7%
  • Second homes and occasional dwellings3.7%
  • Vacant dwellings8.6%
A vacant dwelling is one unoccupied on the census date: awaiting sale, letting or works, or simply left empty.

Source: INSEE, census

Who lives in main residences?

Housing tenure of residents of Willer-sur-ThurTenants : 20.4%Owner-occupiers : 77.6%Housed free of charge : 2.0%
  • Tenants35620.4%
  • Owner-occupiers1,35377.6%
  • Housed free of charge362.0%
Share of RESIDENTS according to whether their household owns, rents or is housed free of charge, not the share of dwellings.

Source: INSEE, census

Between 2012 and 2023, the housing stock grew by +2.5% while the population changed by -5.3%: homes are being built faster than the commune gains residents, a sign of smaller households, second homes or rising vacancy.

Dwellings (2023)937
Households821
Housing: Willer-sur-Thur compared with its département, its region and France
Willer-sur-ThurHaut-RhinGrand EstFrance
Main residences202387.8%+5.4 pts vs France87.4%86.8%82.4%
Second homes20233.7%−6.1 pts vs France3.7%4.0%9.8%
Vacant dwellings20238.6%+0.8 pt vs France9.0%9.2%7.8%
Residents who own their home77.6%+16.8 pts vs France63.4%62.2%60.8%
Tenant residents20.4%−17.0 pts vs France34.8%35.9%37.4%

Under each value for the municipality: its gap with France. For a rate, the gap is in percentage points (12.4% vs 7.8% = +4.6 pts); for an amount or a ratio, as a percentage of the national value.

Long-term empty dwellings

Private dwellings vacant for more than two years (2025)41
Share of private housing stock4.5%

Why vacancy of more than two years. A dwelling that stands empty for a few months is waiting for a buyer, a tenant or the end of building work: that is the normal breathing of the market. Empty for more than two years, it has left the market — a run-down property, a blocked inheritance, an owner who will neither let nor sell. We do not publish total vacancy from the same file: its national level varies by a third from one year to the next without the housing stock having changed, which rules out any comparison.

Source: LOVAC (Cerema, DGFiP), vacant dwellings in the private housing stock · recorded on October 2, 2026

Dwellings authorised for construction in Willer-sur-Thur

Dwellings for which a building permit has been granted, by year of authorisation. An authorised dwelling is not yet built: allow two to three years before delivery.
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Dwellings authorised by year
YearFlats (multi-dwelling buildings)Detached housesTotal
2021088
2022044
2023077
2024055
2025000
2026*033

Source: Sit@del, ministry responsible for housing · recorded on October 2, 2026

Sources: INSEE (census), Sit@del · recorded on October 2, 2026

Population and households

Population1,773
Households821
People per household2.16

Change in the population of Willer-sur-Thur

Population trendPopulation: 1,828 in 1968, 1,773 in 20231,8001,9002,000196819821999201220231,773 inhab.
Municipal population at each census. INSEE does not publish a population every year: the points are the census years available.

Between 2012 and 2023, the population changed by -5.3%.

Source: INSEE, population census · recorded on October 2, 2026

Age breakdown

Age breakdown of the population of Willer-sur-ThurUnder 18 : 17.3%18 to 24 : 5.4%25 to 29 : 4.0%30 and over : 73.2%
  • Under 1830417.3%
  • 18 to 24955.4%
  • 25 to 29714.0%
  • 30 and over1,28673.2%
Population aged 2 and over, 2023 census.

Source: INSEE

What do people aged 15 and over do?

Employment status of residents aged 15 and over in Willer-sur-ThurEmployed workers : 51.3%Unemployed : 5.6%Retired people : 33.4%Pupils and students : 4.2%Other economically inactive : 5.5%
  • Employed workers77651.3%
  • Unemployed855.6%
  • Retired people50633.4%
  • Pupils and students634.2%
  • Other economically inactive845.5%
Each resident aged 15 or over is counted once, 2023 census.

Source: INSEE

Willer-sur-Thur compared with its département, its region and France
Willer-sur-ThurHaut-RhinGrand EstFrance
Population trend2012-2023-5.3%−9.7 pts vs France+2.1%+0.3%+4.4%
Median age202348.7 years+6.2 yrs vs France43.9 years43.3 years42.5 years
Share aged under 25202323.5%−5.3 pts vs France27.3%28.1%28.8%
Share aged 65 and over202324.7%+3.4 pts vs France21.4%21.6%21.3%
People per household20232.2≈ France2.22.22.2

Under each value for the municipality: its gap with France. For a rate, the gap is in percentage points (12.4% vs 7.8% = +4.6 pts); for an amount or a ratio, as a percentage of the national value.

Why the number of people per household matters. A household is everyone who shares the same dwelling. The fewer people it has, the more demand shifts towards small homes — studios and one-bedroom flats, sought by people living alone, students and retirees; the more it has, the more demand shifts towards family homes with three or more rooms.

In Willer-sur-Thur, a household has 2.16 people on average, the same as in France (2.17).

Source: INSEE, population census · recorded on October 2, 2026

Income and employment

Income and employment: Willer-sur-Thur compared with its département, its region and France
Willer-sur-ThurHaut-RhinGrand EstFrance
Median living standard (per year)2023€26,770+3% vs France€27,620€25,850€25,920
Unemployment rate (aged 15-64)20239.7%−1.3 pt vs France11.3%11.3%11.0%
Activity rate (aged 15-64)202379.2%+3.5 pts vs France76.8%75.3%75.7%
Share of retired people (aged 15 and over)202333.4%+5.3 pts vs France28.2%28.6%28.1%
Share of pupils and students (aged 15 and over)20234.2%−3.4 pts vs France6.0%7.2%7.6%

Under each value for the municipality: its gap with France. For a rate, the gap is in percentage points (12.4% vs 7.8% = +4.6 pts); for an amount or a ratio, as a percentage of the national value.

How to read these figures. The standard of living is a household's disposable income (salaries, pensions and benefits, after tax) divided by its number of consumption units: the first adult counts as 1, other people aged 14 or over as 0.5, and each child as 0.3. It allows a single person and a family to be compared.

The poverty rate is the share of residents whose standard of living is below 60% of the national median. INSEE does not publish it for small communes, for reasons of statistical confidentiality: its absence is not a zero.

The unemployment rate here is the census one: people who declare themselves without work and looking for it, among the economically active aged 15 to 64. It is higher than INSEE's quarterly rate, which follows a stricter international definition.

Sources: INSEE (census, Filosofi) · recorded on October 2, 2026

Economic fabric

Number of businesses located in Willer-sur-Thur

Number of businesses located in Willer-sur-ThurBusinesses: 71 in 2014, 110 in 202480100201420162018202020222024110
Businesses in market activities, excluding agriculture, located in the commune and counted at 31 December each year. This is a stock: it shows the size of the local economy, not how much it is being renewed.

110 businesses in 2024, compared with 71 in 2014: +54.9% over the period.

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Number of businesses by year
YearBusinesses
201471
201579
201677
201774
201877
201981
202085
202191
2022104
2023112
2024110

Source: INSEE, business demography information system · recorded on October 2, 2026

Businesses: Willer-sur-Thur compared with its département, its region and France
Willer-sur-ThurHaut-RhinGrand EstFrance
Number of businesses202411059,972425,3156,437,729
Change in the number of businesses2019-2024+35.8%+10.8 pts vs France+22.5%+23.2%+25.0%
Businesses per 1,000 inhabitants202462.0−36% vs France77.876.497.3

Under each value for the municipality: its gap with France. For a rate, the gap is in percentage points (12.4% vs 7.8% = +4.6 pts); for an amount or a ratio, as a percentage of the national value.

In what form do businesses operate?

Legal forms of businesses in Willer-sur-ThurSole traders : 62.7%SAS and SASU : 8.3%SARL and EURL : 8.8%Civil companies, including SCI : 18.9%Other forms : 1.3%
  • Sole traders14362.7%
  • SAS and SASU198.3%
  • SARL and EURL208.8%
  • Civil companies, including SCI4318.9%
  • Other forms31.3%
Businesses with an open establishment in Willer-sur-Thur, by legal form. A sole trader operates in their own name — this is the status of micro-entrepreneurs; an SCI most often holds property assets rather than running an activity. This count is broader than the INSEE one above, which only includes market businesses with an economic activity.

Sources: INSEE (SIRENE register), INPI (national business register) · recorded on October 2, 2026

Registrations and insolvency proceedings

* current year, incomplete

On one side, announcements of registrations, business creations and takeovers; on the other, court-ordered safeguard, recovery and liquidation proceedings. Legal notices published under postcode 68760. A postcode may cover several communes: in a village, these figures describe the wider catchment area, not the commune alone.

From 2021 to 2025, 64 registrations for 13 insolvency proceedings.

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Registrations and insolvency proceedings
YearRegistrationsInsolvency proceedings
2021134
202282
202393
2024162
2025182
2026*97

Source: BODACC, official bulletin of civil and commercial announcements · recorded on October 2, 2026

Sources: INSEE, BODACC · recorded on October 2, 2026

Local taxation

In 2024, the overall property tax rate on built properties is 34.39% in Willer-sur-Thur.

Rate voted by the commune26.53%
Intercommunal body, syndicates and special taxes7.86%
Overall rate on built properties (total)34.39%
Overall rate on undeveloped land112.26%
Worked example

A dwelling with a cadastral rental value of €3,000 has a tax base of €1,500: the law sets it at half the rental value. In Willer-sur-Thur, its property tax (taxe foncière) is €1,500 × 34.39% = €516 a year.

These amounts are before the collection charges retained by the State. Your property's rental value is shown on your property tax (taxe foncière) notice.

Property tax rate by year
YearCommunal rateOverall rate on built propertiesHousehold waste
202125.53%33.16%—
202225.53%33.16%—
202325.53%33.39%—
202426.53%34.39%—

Between 2021 and 2024, the overall rate changed by +1.23 point.

How to read these rates. Property tax (taxe foncière) is calculated by multiplying the property's tax base by the overall rate: this is the figure to compare between communes, not the communal rate alone. Since 2021, départements no longer collect property tax on buildings; their former share is included in the communal rate.

A high rate does not mean a high tax. The cadastral rental value is not the market rent: it is an administrative estimate based on 1970 rents, revalued each year by a national coefficient. In a town with old, low rental values, a 50% rate can cost less than a 25% rate elsewhere.

Source: DGFiP, local taxation for individuals (2024 scale) · recorded on October 2, 2026

Living environment

Services and shops in the commune

Health
Nurse
Shops
BakeryGrocery or convenience storeButcher's
Education and early years
Nursery or primary school
Services and transport
Post office or postal pointBankPassenger railway station

How to read this list. It shows the services for which at least one establishment is recorded in the commune. A service that does not appear is not necessarily absent: INSEE does not locate every facility with the same precision, and the list only includes the main ones.

Source: INSEE, permanent facilities database 2024

Public transport

7 public transport stops are located in the municipality, or 3.9 stops per 1,000 inhabitants.

Public transport stops in Willer-sur-Thur

Map of public transport stops in Willer-sur-Thur
  • Stops7

Outline of the commune, north at the top.

Each dot is a bus, tram, metro or train stop. The map shows where the network is dense: it says nothing about frequency of service.

Source: transport.data.gouv.fr, scheduled timetables of networks · recorded on October 2, 2026

Stops by network

  • Agrégat des réseaux urbains et interurbains du Grand Est5
  • Réseau SNCF TGV, Intercités et TER2

Fixed internet

  • Dwellings and premises connectable to fibre94.8%
    975 connectable out of 1,028

Connectable means that optical fibre reaches the building or the street and a subscription can be taken out, not that the dwelling is already subscribed.

Source: ARCEP, fibre rollout · situation as at June 2026

Natural and technological risks

The risks identified by the State in the territory of Willer-sur-Thur, what they mean, and what they change for a property.

Seismicity

Moderatelevel 3 out of 5

France is divided into five seismicity zones, from 1 (very low) to 5 (high, in the Antilles).

For a property: From zone 3, new houses must comply with earthquake-resistant building rules. For an older property, no upgrading is required.

Radon potential

Significant potentiallevel 3 out of 3

Radon is a natural radioactive gas that rises from granitic and volcanic soils and can build up in poorly ventilated rooms, especially on ground floors and in basements.

For a property: At this level, the seller or landlord must inform the buyer or tenant. Good ventilation and a sealed ground floor are usually enough to reduce exposure.

Risk prevention plans

1in the commune

The commune is covered by a prevention plan for: flooding. This is a document issued by the prefect that delimits the exposed zones.

For a property: In the delimited zones, building or extending may be prohibited or subject to requirements. The plan does not necessarily cover the whole commune: only the risk statement provided before a sale or letting says whether the address is affected.

Classified installations (ICPE)

3in the commune

A classified installation is an activity that the law subjects to declaration or authorisation because it may cause nuisance: factory, warehouse, livestock farm, petrol station, waste recycling centre, boiler room.

For a property: Their number mainly reflects the commune's economic activity: most pose no danger to neighbours. What matters is their nature and their distance from the property.

Underground cavities

1in the commune

Former quarries, cellars, galleries or military works recorded beneath the commune.

For a property: A cavity can cause localised subsidence or collapse of the ground. Before buying, check whether the plot is close to a known cavity.

Installations and cavities recorded in Willer-sur-Thur

Map of classified installations and underground cavities in Willer-sur-ThurClassified installations — Syndicat mixte de Thann Gest. déchetsClassified installations — EM TECHClassified installations — willer sur thur dépôt vhuUnderground cavities — Abri de la Triade
  • Classified installations3
  • Underground cavities1

Outline of the commune, north at the top.

Location of known classified installations, Seveso sites and underground cavities.

Source: Géorisques, Ministry of Ecological Transition · recorded on October 2, 2026

A prevention plan is not a bad sign in itself. It shows that the risk is mapped and regulated; it is its absence for a known hazard that should raise questions.

This page describes the commune, not an address. Before a sale or a letting, the seller or landlord must provide a risk statement drawn up for the property. You can obtain one free of charge for any address at georisques.gouv.fr.

Source: Géorisques, Ministry of Ecological Transition · recorded on October 2, 2026

Frequently asked questions — Willer-sur-Thur

How many inhabitants does Willer-sur-Thur have?
Willer-sur-Thur has 1,773 inhabitants, with a change of -2.8% (INSEE census).
What share of energy-inefficient homes are there in Willer-sur-Thur?
36.1% of surveyed homes are rated E, F or G on the energy certificate (source ADEME).
What is the property tax rate in Willer-sur-Thur?
The overall property tax rate on built properties is 34.4%, of which 26.5% is voted by the commune (source DGFiP).

The same data, put to work.

What the observatory publishes, the five MORYA tools put to use.