Éguelshardt

Moselle · CC du Pays de Bitche · INSEE 57188

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

Few services 29.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Éguelshardt (INSEE 57188) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 440 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,945 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.69	10	6.86
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA PETITE SUISSE). ^[4,3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GABRIEL CUIRIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ETOILE DU MATIN). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ETOILE DU MATIN COLLEGE PRIVE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LA PETITE SUISSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GABRIEL CUIRIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ETOILE DU MATIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	ETOILE DU MATIN COLLEGE PRIVE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 355 peak 2012: 445 2023: 440 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 445 (2012) → 440 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 371 (1990) → 440 (2023): 18.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 245, of which 17.1 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.0 km SGP — 5.2 km SBakery — 5.3 km SPharmacy — 5.9 km NW 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 (Baerenthal): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Baerenthal): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Baerenthal): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bitche): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Éguelshardt): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.9

Days at or below 0 °C 95.6▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MOUTERHOUSE weather station, 5 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 255 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 14.1 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 103 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 960 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MOUTERHOUSE, 5 km away at 265 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 — 57188/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57188/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57188/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57188/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57188
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
Saint-Sigismond	85	680 km SW	428	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Castillon	06	577 km S	425	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Cravent	78	438 km W	438	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 %
Coust	18	448 km SW	415	22.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 50 %
Cernoy-en-Berry	45	394 km SW	420	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 65 %
La Balme-de-Thuy	74	359 km S	460	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Balme-de-Thuy	74	359 km S	460	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cernoy-en-Berry	45	394 km SW	420	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 65 %
Cravent	78	438 km W	438	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 %
Coust	18	448 km SW	415	22.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 50 %
Castillon	06	577 km S	425	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Sigismond	85	680 km SW	428	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 11 % · 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 Éguelshardt'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
La Balme-de-Thuy	74	359 km S	460	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice-des-Rivoires	38	420 km S	425	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Boëge	74	325 km S	597	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Matafelon-Granges	01	339 km SW	623	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Reyersviller	57	7.6 km W	380	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Florimont	90	171 km S	473	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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