Château-Salins
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 55.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Château-Salins (INSEE 57132) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Saulnois. Population 2,296 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 55.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 82 % of the 8,745 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.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0.47 | 25 | 11.74 |
| Social | 0.68 | 20 | 13.63 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.44 | 10 | 4.42 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (NUMERO BIS · LA BOULANGERIE D'HELENE ET VINCENT). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (LIDL · SUPERMARCHE MATCH). [3,4]
7 × Restaurant (LA DEMEURE · TONY-TONIO · LE CHALET · KARADENIZ KEBAB). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQ.LES COQUELICOTS). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE A. ROUYER). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE DE LA PASSEPIERRE). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BRICE CLAUDEL, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PIERRE BARBE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PIERRE BOURLON, MÉDECIN · BERTRAND MARGALET, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LEJEUNE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CHATEAU SALINS LPAC AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Cinema (SALLE SAINT JEAN). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE AGRICOLE VAL DE SEILLE · GYMNASE MUNICIPAL + TERRAIN OMNISPORTS). [3]
3 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE GRAND EST EUROPE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (CAP COIFFURE · ANNE COIFFURE · DORINE COIFFURE · LES YEUX PAPILLONS DE MARJORIE). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | NUMERO BIS · LA BOULANGERIE D'HELENE ET VINCENT | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 2 | LIDL · SUPERMARCHE MATCH | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 7 | LA DEMEURE · TONY-TONIO · LE CHALET · KARADENIZ KEBAB | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQ.LES COQUELICOTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE A. ROUYER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE DE LA PASSEPIERRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | BRICE CLAUDEL, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PIERRE BARBE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PIERRE BOURLON, MÉDECIN · BERTRAND MARGALET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE LEJEUNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | CHATEAU SALINS LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | SALLE SAINT JEAN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | LYCEE AGRICOLE VAL DE SEILLE · GYMNASE MUNICIPAL + TERRAIN OMNISPORTS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | BANQUE POPULAIRE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE GRAND EST EUROPE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 4 | CAP COIFFURE · ANNE COIFFURE · DORINE COIFFURE · LES YEUX PAPILLONS DE MARJORIE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,444 (2012) → 2,296 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,437 (1990) → 2,296 (2023): -5.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,213, of which 1.4 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Château-Salins): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Château-Salins): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Château-Salins): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Château-Salins): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Château-Salins): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LESSE_SAPC weather station, 16.2 km away at 233 m; the village itself is at 211 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at RODALBE, 16.9 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. [9]
An average of 753 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at DELME, 11.9 km away at 238 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57132/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57132/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57132/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57132/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57132
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazey-en-Plaine | 21 | 211 km SW | 2,425 | 54.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Biesheim | 68 | 116 km SE | 2,499 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Génissieux | 26 | 430 km S | 2,428 | 51.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Janville-en-Beauce | 28 | 348 km W | 2,464 | 52.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cousolre | 59 | 232 km NW | 2,153 | 51.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Muizon | 51 | 197 km W | 2,081 | 46.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biesheim | 68 | 116 km SE | 2,499 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Muizon | 51 | 197 km W | 2,081 | 46.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brazey-en-Plaine | 21 | 211 km SW | 2,425 | 54.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cousolre | 59 | 232 km NW | 2,153 | 51.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Janville-en-Beauce | 28 | 348 km W | 2,464 | 52.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Génissieux | 26 | 430 km S | 2,428 | 51.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Château-Salins'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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biesheim | 68 | 116 km SE | 2,499 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière | 72 | 461 km W | 2,681 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hambach | 57 | 47 km NE | 2,766 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois | 72 | 457 km W | 2,939 | 53.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valleroy | 54 | 60 km NW | 2,375 | 40.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Selongey | 21 | 168 km SW | 2,395 | 44.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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