Cocheren
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cocheren (INSEE 57144) is in Moselle (57), part of CA de Forbach Porte de France. Population 3,358 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/57144-cocheren
Vitality score
Vitality score 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 6 % of the 6,476 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.11 | 10 | 1.11 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.8 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.93 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL JEAN MARC METZINGER · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE KARMANN). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (LE CARNIVORE · EURL ZAZA · VALENTINA · BALKAN GRILL FERIZAJ). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE BAR DES ARTISTES). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE THOMAS PESQUET). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE LE HERAPEL). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FLEURY). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (COCHEREN BELLE ROCHE AP · COCHEREN AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JOSÉPHINE BAKER). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE LE HERAPEL). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (STUDIO D). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | SARL JEAN MARC METZINGER · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE KARMANN | INSEE BPE 2 / 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | LE CARNIVORE · EURL ZAZA · VALENTINA · BALKAN GRILL FERIZAJ | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE BAR DES ARTISTES | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | GROUPE SCOLAIRE THOMAS PESQUET | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE LE HERAPEL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE FLEURY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | COCHEREN BELLE ROCHE AP · COCHEREN AP | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE JOSÉPHINE BAKER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COLLEGE LE HERAPEL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 5 | STUDIO D | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 3,515 (2012) → 3,358 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,425 (1990) → 3,358 (2023): -2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,663, of which 0.7 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cocheren): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Morsbach): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Freyming-Merlebach): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Cocheren): 1.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Cocheren): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SEINGBOUSE weather station, 2.8 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 211 m. [11]
The village sits 136 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at SEINGBOUSE, 2.8 km away at 347 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 136 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SEINGBOUSE, 2.8 km away at 347 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57144/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57144/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57144/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57144/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57144
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57484
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57240
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcelles-sur-Seine | 27 | 400 km W | 2,167 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fillinges | 74 | 334 km S | 3,671 | 46.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Sourn | 56 | 734 km W | 2,121 | 42.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Provin | 59 | 321 km NW | 4,428 | 39.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Wizernes | 62 | 374 km NW | 3,321 | 38.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Annet-sur-Marne | 77 | 303 km W | 3,408 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annet-sur-Marne | 77 | 303 km W | 3,408 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Provin | 59 | 321 km NW | 4,428 | 39.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fillinges | 74 | 334 km S | 3,671 | 46.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 % |
| Wizernes | 62 | 374 km NW | 3,321 | 38.3 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courcelles-sur-Seine | 27 | 400 km W | 2,167 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Sourn | 56 | 734 km W | 2,121 | 42.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · 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 Cocheren'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courcelles-sur-Seine | 27 | 400 km W | 2,167 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Annet-sur-Marne | 77 | 303 km W | 3,408 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verquin | 62 | 338 km NW | 3,445 | 31.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis | 61 | 504 km W | 3,636 | 31.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vrain | 91 | 338 km W | 3,089 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jaux | 60 | 297 km W | 2,243 | 42.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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