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Filstroff

Moselle · CC Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières · INSEE 57213

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

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Filstroff (INSEE 57213) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières. Population 778 (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/57213-filstroff

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 15,796 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 food0.422510.54
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.46104.6
Housing mix0.7953.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'AMIE DU PAIN). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHRIS VIANDE). [3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (C & N COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1L'AMIE DU PAININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1CHRIS VIANDEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser1C & N COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 653 peak 2007: 854 2023: 778 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 821 (2012) → 778 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 810 (1990) → 778 (2023): -4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 437, of which 10.5 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 3.3 km S (Bouzonville)Pharmacy — 3.5 km S (Bouzonville)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.3 km SPharmacy — 3.5 km S 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 (Filstroff): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Filstroff): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Bouzonville): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Bouzonville): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

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

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57213/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57213/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57213/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57213/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57213
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57106

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
Vieux-Manoir76380 km W77246Partly servedno figures
La Chapelle-Saint-Martin-en-Plaine41418 km SW68734.2Few servicesno figures
Geay17668 km SW78838.2Few servicesno figures
Bessey-lès-Cîteaux21262 km SW67929.2Few servicesno figures
La Selle-en-Hermoy45305 km SW78429.6Few servicesno figures
Osenbach68157 km S81026.7Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Osenbach68157 km S81026.7Few servicesno figures
Bessey-lès-Cîteaux21262 km SW67929.2Few servicesno figures
La Selle-en-Hermoy45305 km SW78429.6Few servicesno figures
Vieux-Manoir76380 km W77246Partly servedno figures
La Chapelle-Saint-Martin-en-Plaine41418 km SW68734.2Few servicesno figures
Geay17668 km SW78838.2Few servicesno figures

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