Folkling
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Folkling (INSEE 57222) is in Moselle (57), part of CA de Forbach Porte de France. Population 1,411 (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/57222-folkling
Vitality score
Vitality score 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 23 % of the 12,045 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.55 |
| Social | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.9 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (MISTRAL PIZZA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE MARRONNIER). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | MISTRAL PIZZA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE MARRONNIER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 1,314 (2012) → 1,411 (2023): 7.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,372 (1990) → 1,411 (2023): 2.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 681, of which 1 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Théding): 2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Morsbach): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Morsbach): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Morsbach): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Folkling): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SEINGBOUSE weather station, 5.1 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 295 m. [11]
The village sits 52 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at SEINGBOUSE, 5.1 km away at 347 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 52 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 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FORBACH, 4.2 km away at 205 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 — 57222/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57222/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57222/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57222/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57669
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57484
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57222
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrwiller | 68 | 146 km S | 1,294 | 39 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Loup-de-Varennes | 71 | 309 km SW | 1,271 | 34.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Granges-Narboz | 25 | 256 km S | 1,359 | 33.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Colomby-Anguerny | 14 | 530 km W | 1,353 | 36.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Burnhaupt-le-Bas | 68 | 160 km S | 1,969 | 41.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Favières | 77 | 304 km W | 1,316 | 29.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrwiller | 68 | 146 km S | 1,294 | 39 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Burnhaupt-le-Bas | 68 | 160 km S | 1,969 | 41.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Granges-Narboz | 25 | 256 km S | 1,359 | 33.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Favières | 77 | 304 km W | 1,316 | 29.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Loup-de-Varennes | 71 | 309 km SW | 1,271 | 34.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Colomby-Anguerny | 14 | 530 km W | 1,353 | 36.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · 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 Folkling'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Favières | 77 | 304 km W | 1,316 | 29.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Goussainville | 28 | 392 km W | 1,335 | 32.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Granges-le-Roi | 91 | 364 km W | 1,197 | 29.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cély | 77 | 329 km W | 1,259 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Les Bréviaires | 78 | 374 km W | 1,302 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Durrenbach | 67 | 70 km SE | 1,101 | 36.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
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