Erching

Identity

Erching (INSEE 57196) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 418 (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/57196-erching

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,955 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CD PATISSERIE). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZALADY'S). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 418 (2012) → 418 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 425 (1990) → 418 (2023): -1.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 0.9 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Erching): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Wœlfling-lès-Sarreguemines): 6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rohrbach-lès-Bitche): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Volmunster): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Rimling): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the VOLMUNSTER weather station, 8.5 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 300 m. ^[13]

The village sits 58 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 8.5 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 58 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 770 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at VOLMUNSTER, 8.5 km away at 358 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57196/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57196/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57196/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57196/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57196
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57750
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57589
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57732
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57584
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024