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Dalhain

Moselle · CC du Saulnois · INSEE 57166

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dalhain (INSEE 57166) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Saulnois. Population 97 (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/57166-dalhain

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 10,303 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.4103.98
Housing mix0.8654.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 139 2023: 97 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 122 (2012) → 97 (2023): -20.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 108 (1990) → 97 (2023): -10.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 56, of which 7.1 % second homes and 19.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.0 km N (Marthille)Bakery — 4.6 km E (Riche)Food shop — 5.8 km NE (Baronville)GP — 6.5 km NE (Morhange)Pharmacy — 6.8 km NE (Morhange)
Primary school — 4.0 km NBakery — 4.6 km EFood shop — 5.8 km NEGP — 6.5 km NEPharmacy — 6.8 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 (Riche): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Baronville): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Morhange): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Morhange): 6.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Marthille): 4 km to the north (straight line). [11]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LESSE_SAPC weather station, 9.4 km away at 233 m; the village itself is at 237 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at RODALBE, 9.8 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. [12]

An average of 719 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at LESSE_SAPC, 9.4 km away at 233 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57166/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57166/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57166/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57166/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57580
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57051
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57483
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57451
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Blanzy-lès-Fismes02216 km W9813.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Juillé79595 km SW9811.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Licey-sur-Vingeanne21179 km SW9715.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sarcey52131 km SW9713.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mondonville-Saint-Jean28353 km W9616.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Bourdelles33694 km SW978.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sarcey52131 km SW9713.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Licey-sur-Vingeanne21179 km SW9715.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Blanzy-lès-Fismes02216 km W9813.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mondonville-Saint-Jean28353 km W9616.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Juillé79595 km SW9811.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Bourdelles33694 km SW978.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Dalhain'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
Licey-sur-Vingeanne21179 km SW9715.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bréhain572.9 km NW9715.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vernot21195 km SW9714.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Barre70168 km S9516.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Poilly51203 km W9411.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Jours-lès-Baigneux21202 km SW10012.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %