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Diebling

Moselle · CA de Forbach Porte de France · INSEE 57176

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

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Diebling (INSEE 57176) is in Moselle (57), part of CA de Forbach Porte de France. Population 1,658 (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/57176-diebling

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 10,881 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 food0.34258.55
Social0.39207.77
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.47104.7
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE KLAMMERS S.A · LE HOME). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (L'ARRET D'BUS · LA MAISON DE LA PIZZA). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SAINT EXUPERY). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RENE THIRY, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (DIEBLING RP). [3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL SECTEUR FAREBERSVIL). [3]

6 × Hairdresser (STYL' ET TENDANCE · LE SALON PAR JULIEN BRACK · SAVOIR F'HAIR · MARINE COIFFURE · JOANNIE COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE KLAMMERS S.A · LE HOMEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1INTERMARCHEINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3L'ARRET D'BUS · LA MAISON DE LA PIZZAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SAINT EXUPERYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1RENE THIRY, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1DIEBLING RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL SECTEUR FAREBERSVILINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser6STYL' ET TENDANCE · LE SALON PAR JULIEN BRACK · SAVOIR F'HAIR · MARINE COIFFURE · JOANNIE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,265 peak 1990: 1,709 2023: 1,658 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,667 (2012) → 1,658 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,709 (1990) → 1,658 (2023): -3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 824, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 3.6 km W (Théding)Food shop — 4.1 km W (Théding)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.6 km WFood shop — 4.1 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 (Diebling): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Théding): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Diebling): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Théding): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Diebling): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the SEINGBOUSE weather station, 8.3 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 241 m. [10]

The village sits 106 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at SEINGBOUSE, 8.3 km away at 347 m, over 21 summers. [10]

That station sits 106 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at SEINGBOUSE, 8.3 km away at 347 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

No price figures: this département keeps the livre foncier rather than the cadastre, so its transactions are not published in DVF at all. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57176/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57176/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57176/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57176/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57176
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57669
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Montoison26503 km S1,92642.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Beinheim6788 km E1,88349.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Geudertheim6773 km SE2,72748.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Boofzheim67102 km SE1,37945.2Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Montéléger26497 km S1,67331.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vérand38454 km S1,71131.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Geudertheim6773 km SE2,72748.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Beinheim6788 km E1,88349.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Boofzheim67102 km SE1,37945.2Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vérand38454 km S1,71131.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Montéléger26497 km S1,67331.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Montoison26503 km S1,92642.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Diebling'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
Geudertheim6773 km SE2,72748.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sillery51205 km W1,82441.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Méré78376 km W1,73143.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Remy60309 km W1,92833.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Oberhaslach6768 km SE1,73342.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fleurines60317 km W1,91041Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %