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Abreschviller

Moselle · CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud · INSEE 57003

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

Partly served 45.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Abreschviller (INSEE 57003) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. Population 1,428 (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/57003-abreschviller

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 66 % of the 11,993 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.472511.83
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.66106.58
Housing mix0.7953.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 2 of 2
Everyday services 2 of 3
Lodging 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LITTNER). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE FELDEN - STRUB · BOUCHERIE DES 2 SARRES). [3]

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

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ LEON · AUX DELICES DES PAPILLES). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE ALEXANDRE CHATRIAN). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIVIU MUNTEAN, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MARCEL). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (CENTRE DE READAPTATION SAINT LUC). [3]

1 × Swimming pool (ZONE DE LOISIRS). [3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LORQUIN GONDREXANGE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (SARL ANT-JOR). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DES CIGOGNES). [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU MOULIN). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE LITTNERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2BOUCHERIE FELDEN - STRUB · BOUCHERIE DES 2 SARRESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2CHEZ LEON · AUX DELICES DES PAPILLESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1GROUPE SCOLAIRE ALEXANDRE CHATRIANINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1LIVIU MUNTEAN, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE MARCELINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1ABRESCHVILLER APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1CENTRE DE READAPTATION SAINT LUCINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool1ZONE DE LOISIRSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank1CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LORQUIN GONDREXANGEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser1SARL ANT-JORINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1HÔTEL DES CIGOGNESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING DU MOULININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,421 peak 2012: 1,527 2023: 1,428 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,527 (2012) → 1,428 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,233 (1990) → 1,428 (2023): 15.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 775, of which 10.5 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Abreschviller): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Abreschviller): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Abreschviller): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Abreschviller): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Abreschviller): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the NITTING_SAPC weather station, 5.9 km away at 266 m; the village itself is at 300 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at BUHL-LORRAINE, 9.3 km away at 258 m, over 13 summers. [9]

An average of 1,124 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ST QUIRIN, 3.8 km away at 305 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57003/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57003/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57003/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57003/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57003
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud79643 km W1,49845Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 43 %
Ébreuil03412 km SW1,30655.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Belpech11732 km SW1,34346.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %
Theillay41404 km W1,25844Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Val-de-Virieu38371 km S1,52847.1Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Clères76449 km W1,38154.8Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 43 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Val-de-Virieu38371 km S1,52847.1Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Theillay41404 km W1,25844Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Ébreuil03412 km SW1,30655.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Clères76449 km W1,38154.8Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud79643 km W1,49845Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 43 %
Belpech11732 km SW1,34346.6Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Abreschviller'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle63404 km SW1,74656.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-lès-Luxeuil70104 km SW1,32740.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chabreloche63400 km SW1,15634.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Châbons38377 km S2,13348.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset69379 km SW2,01762.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Reiningue6899 km S1,89449Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %