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Elvange

Moselle · CC du District Urbain de Faulquemont (DUF) · INSEE 57190

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

Few services 29.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Elvange (INSEE 57190) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du District Urbain de Faulquemont (DUF). Population 419 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/57190-elvange

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,969 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
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.74107.43
Housing mix0.9754.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BRASSERIE DE LA NIED). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA CAVALIERE). [4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
Restaurant1BRASSERIE DE LA NIEDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1LA CAVALIEREINSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 284 2023: 419 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 371 (2012) → 419 (2023): 12.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 337 (1990) → 419 (2023): 24.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 1.5 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.3 km E (Créhange)Bakery — 2.4 km E (Créhange)GP — 2.4 km E (Créhange)Pharmacy — 2.4 km E (Créhange)Food shop — 2.7 km SE (Créhange)
Primary school — 2.3 km EBakery — 2.4 km EGP — 2.4 km EPharmacy — 2.4 km EFood shop — 2.7 km SE 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 (Créhange): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Créhange): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Créhange): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Créhange): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Créhange): 2.3 km to the 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 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, 10.8 km away at 233 m; the village itself is at 233 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at RODALBE, 19.7 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. [9]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at FAULQUEMONT, 3.4 km away at 291 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57190/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57190/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57190/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57190/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57159
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bitschhoffen6781 km E46221Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Acy-Romance08167 km W47919.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Berche25177 km S53420.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lormaye28369 km W68628.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Allenjoie25172 km S71929.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mey5724 km W30928.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mey5724 km W30928.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bitschhoffen6781 km E46221Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Acy-Romance08167 km W47919.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Allenjoie25172 km S71929.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Berche25177 km S53420.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lormaye28369 km W68628.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Elvange'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
Bitschhoffen6781 km E46221Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Acy-Romance08167 km W47919.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Berche25177 km S53420.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lormaye28369 km W68628.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Allenjoie25172 km S71929.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mey5724 km W30928.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %