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Boucheporn

Moselle · CC du District Urbain de Faulquemont (DUF) · INSEE 57095

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

Few services 31.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boucheporn (INSEE 57095) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du District Urbain de Faulquemont (DUF). Population 561 (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/57095-boucheporn

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,411 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.39103.95
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (BRISTIEL PIERRETTE · COIFF' ONGLE · CHRISTELLE COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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]
Hairdresser3BRISTIEL PIERRETTE · COIFF' ONGLE · CHRISTELLE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 442 peak 1990: 627 2023: 561 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 562 (2012) → 561 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 561 (2023): -10.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.4 km SE (Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold)Bakery — 3.5 km SE (Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold)GP — 3.5 km SE (Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold)Pharmacy — 6.5 km NE (Ham-sous-Varsberg)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.4 km SEBakery — 3.5 km SEGP — 3.5 km SEPharmacy — 6.5 km NE 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 (Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ham-sous-Varsberg): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Boucheporn): 0.1 km to the south-east (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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SEINGBOUSE weather station, 16.2 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 352 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at SEINGBOUSE, 16.2 km away at 347 m, over 21 summers. [11]

An average of 885 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PORCELETTE, 3.4 km away at 250 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 — 57095/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57095/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57095/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57095/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57413
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57288
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57095
  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
Acheville62301 km NW57636.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Bailly60267 km W59932.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Méry-la-Bataille60292 km W60434.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Wasnes-au-Bac59272 km NW60437.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fontenay88103 km S46935.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Embreville80378 km W56026.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fontenay88103 km S46935.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bailly60267 km W59932.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Wasnes-au-Bac59272 km NW60437.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Méry-la-Bataille60292 km W60434.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Acheville62301 km NW57636.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Embreville80378 km W56026.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · 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 Boucheporn'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
Bailly60267 km W59932.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Méry-la-Bataille60292 km W60434.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Wasnes-au-Bac59272 km NW60437.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fontenay88103 km S46935.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Benney5475 km S63730.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Leyviller5720 km SE50227.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %