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Château-Rouge

Moselle · CC Houve - Pays Boulageois · INSEE 57131

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

Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Château-Rouge (INSEE 57131) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Houve - Pays Boulageois. Population 296 (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/57131-chateau-rouge

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 17,802 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 trend11010
Housing mix0.9754.85

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: 169 2023: 296 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 259 (2012) → 296 (2023): 14.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 177 (1990) → 296 (2023): 67.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 132, of which 1.5 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 4.1 km NW (Bouzonville)Bakery — 4.5 km W (Bouzonville)GP — 4.5 km W (Bouzonville)Pharmacy — 4.6 km W (Bouzonville)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NWBakery — 4.5 km WGP — 4.5 km WPharmacy — 4.6 km W 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 (Bouzonville): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bouzonville): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Bouzonville): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bouzonville): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Château-Rouge): 0 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57131/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57131/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57131/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57131/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57106
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57131

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
Momerstroff5714 km S29824.6Few servicesno figures
Sénac65822 km SW29424Few servicesno figures
Quercamps62363 km NW29219No daily shopsno figures
Flaucourt80278 km W29918No daily shopsno figures
Génicourt-sur-Meuse5588 km W29323.3Few servicesno figures
Sourdon80307 km W28820.1Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Momerstroff5714 km S29824.6Few servicesno figures
Génicourt-sur-Meuse5588 km W29323.3Few servicesno figures
Flaucourt80278 km W29918No daily shopsno figures
Sourdon80307 km W28820.1Few servicesno figures
Quercamps62363 km NW29219No daily shopsno figures
Sénac65822 km SW29424Few servicesno figures

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