Freyming-Merlebach
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.4/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Freyming-Merlebach (INSEE 57240) is in Moselle (57), part of CC de Freyming-Merlebach. Population 13,266 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/57240-freyming-merlebach
Vitality score
Vitality score 53.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: low (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie); sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette); sources disagree on Pharmacy).
Better served than 25 % of the 1,863 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.71 |
| Social | 0.9 | 20 | 17.91 |
| Education | 0.46 | 10 | 4.65 |
| Health | 0.34 | 10 | 3.43 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.08 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.71 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.94 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL JEAN MARC METZINGER · SALON DE THE, PATISSERIE METZINGER · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SALON DETHE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (EBS). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BAZAR ALEP). [3,4]
5 × Supermarket (LIDL · NORMA SARL · AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE · ALDI · GJAMA DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
35 × Restaurant (KEBABERIE · LA PERGOLA D'EMMANUELLA · LE MOULIN · CHEZ PIERROT · L ESTAMINET). [3,4]
13 × Café / bar (AMADEUS · CAFE LORRAIN · CAMILLE · CAFE CENTRAL · CAFE WITKOWSKI). [4]
4 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB CITE CUVELETTE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE STE BARBE · ECOLE MATERNELLE CENTRE ANDRE MARIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA CHAPELLE). [3]
5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ST EXUPERY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA CHAPELLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE E. REUMAUX INTERCOMMUNALE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FILLES). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE CLAUDIE HAIGNERE). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY POSS, MÉDECIN · DOROTHEA BUCH, MÉDECIN · PIERRE BROCCHI, MÉDECIN · KAMAL BENCHEIKH, MÉDECIN · NADINE FRIEDRICH, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CARREAU · LA PHARMACIE DU PHENIX). [3,4]
3 × Post office / agence postale (FREYMING MERLEBACH GENETS AP · FREYMING MERLEBACH LA CHAPELLE AP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (L@ MÉDIATHÈQUE). [3]
1 × Cinema (MEGA KINE). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF ALAIN FOURNIER · GYMNASE DU LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL CUVELETTE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU CES ALBERT CAMUS ET DU LEP PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE). [3]
6 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · BANQUE CIC EST · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOL MUTUEL LORRAIN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE GRAND EST EUROPE · CREDIT MUTUEL COCHEREN FREYMING HOMBOURG HAUT). [3]
32 × Hairdresser (LE FIGARO SARL · DELPHINE COIFFURE · SP COIFFURE · STYL'AND COIFF'). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (FORMULE 1 MERLEBACH). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 7 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | SARL JEAN MARC METZINGER · SALON DE THE, PATISSERIE METZINGER · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SALON DETHE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | EBS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | BAZAR ALEP | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 5 | LIDL · NORMA SARL · AUCHAN SUPERMARCHE · ALDI · GJAMA DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Restaurant | 35 | KEBABERIE · LA PERGOLA D'EMMANUELLA · LE MOULIN · CHEZ PIERROT · L ESTAMINET | INSEE BPE 35 / INSEE SIRENE 65 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 13 | AMADEUS · CAFE LORRAIN · CAMILLE · CAFE CENTRAL · CAFE WITKOWSKI | INSEE SIRENE 13 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 4 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB CITE CUVELETTE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE STE BARBE · ECOLE MATERNELLE CENTRE ANDRE MARIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA CHAPELLE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 5 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ST EXUPERY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA CHAPELLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE E. REUMAUX INTERCOMMUNALE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE FILLES | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE CLAUDIE HAIGNERE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | THIERRY POSS, MÉDECIN · DOROTHEA BUCH, MÉDECIN · PIERRE BROCCHI, MÉDECIN · KAMAL BENCHEIKH, MÉDECIN · NADINE FRIEDRICH, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE DU CARREAU · LA PHARMACIE DU PHENIX | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 3 | FREYMING MERLEBACH GENETS AP · FREYMING MERLEBACH LA CHAPELLE AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Library | 1 | L@ MÉDIATHÈQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | MEGA KINE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF ALAIN FOURNIER · GYMNASE DU LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL CUVELETTE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU CES ALBERT CAMUS ET DU LEP PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 6 | BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · BANQUE CIC EST · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOL MUTUEL LORRAIN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE GRAND EST EUROPE · CREDIT MUTUEL COCHEREN FREYMING HOMBOURG HAUT | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 32 | LE FIGARO SARL · DELPHINE COIFFURE · SP COIFFURE · STYL'AND COIFF' | INSEE BPE 32 / INSEE SIRENE 42 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | FORMULE 1 MERLEBACH | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 13,122 (2012) → 13,266 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 15,224 (1990) → 13,266 (2023): -12.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 6,700, of which 0.6 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Freyming-Merlebach): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Freyming-Merlebach): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Freyming-Merlebach): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Freyming-Merlebach): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Freyming-Merlebach): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the SEINGBOUSE weather station, 2.3 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 217 m. [9]
The village sits 130 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at SEINGBOUSE, 2.3 km away at 347 m, over 21 summers. [9]
That station sits 130 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at SEINGBOUSE, 2.3 km away at 347 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
sources disagree on Pharmacy
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57240/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57240/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57240/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57240/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57240
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seclin | 59 | 313 km NW | 13,261 | 56.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-de-Reuil | 27 | 407 km W | 13,245 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Claye-Souilly | 77 | 302 km W | 13,353 | 64.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bras-Panon | 974 | 9,172 km SE | 13,012 | 62.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 36 % · humidity 0 % |
| Tergnier | 02 | 261 km W | 13,045 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cusset | 03 | 419 km SW | 13,316 | 58.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tergnier | 02 | 261 km W | 13,045 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Claye-Souilly | 77 | 302 km W | 13,353 | 64.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Seclin | 59 | 313 km NW | 13,261 | 56.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-de-Reuil | 27 | 407 km W | 13,245 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cusset | 03 | 419 km SW | 13,316 | 58.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bras-Panon | 974 | 9,172 km SE | 13,012 | 62.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 36 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Freyming-Merlebach'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-de-Reuil | 27 | 407 km W | 13,245 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Claye-Souilly | 77 | 302 km W | 13,353 | 64.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tergnier | 02 | 261 km W | 13,045 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Noyon | 60 | 281 km W | 12,971 | 59.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aubergenville | 78 | 362 km W | 12,723 | 48.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mayenne | 53 | 553 km W | 12,883 | 59.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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