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Bistroff

Moselle · CA Saint-Avold Synergie · INSEE 57088

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

Few services 21/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bistroff (INSEE 57088) is in Moselle (57), part of CA Saint-Avold Synergie. Population 319 (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/57088-bistroff

Vitality score

Vitality score 21/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,924 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.66106.56
Housing mix155

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 294 peak 2007: 336 2023: 319 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 324 (2012) → 319 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 276 (1990) → 319 (2023): 15.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 162, of which 0 % second homes and 8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 2.2 km SE (Grostenquin)Pharmacy — 2.2 km SE (Grostenquin)Bakery — 2.3 km SE (Grostenquin)Food shop — 6.9 km SE (Francaltroff)
In the commune Primary school GP — 2.2 km SEPharmacy — 2.2 km SEBakery — 2.3 km SEFood shop — 6.9 km SE 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 (Grostenquin): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Francaltroff): 6.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Grostenquin): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Grostenquin): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bistroff): 0 km to the north (straight line). [10]

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the RODALBE weather station, 9.3 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 257 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at RODALBE, 9.3 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. [11]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BERMERING, 6.9 km away at 248 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57088/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57088/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57088/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57088/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57262
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57232
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57088
  11. 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
Magstatt-le-Haut68159 km S31525.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Schwobsheim67105 km SE32324.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bierville76400 km W31522.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Bargny60274 km W32425Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Remy-sur-Bussy51156 km W32519.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Hauteville62331 km NW30821.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Schwobsheim67105 km SE32324.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Remy-sur-Bussy51156 km W32519.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Magstatt-le-Haut68159 km S31525.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bargny60274 km W32425Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Hauteville62331 km NW30821.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Bierville76400 km W31522.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Bistroff'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
Magstatt-le-Haut68159 km S31525.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Schwobsheim67105 km SE32324.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Remy-sur-Bussy51156 km W32519.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Hudiviller5449 km SW31321Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Grosne90159 km S32123.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Puisieux77277 km W31723.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %