Gomelange

Moselle · CC Houve - Pays Boulageois · INSEE 57252

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

Few services 36.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gomelange (INSEE 57252) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Houve - Pays Boulageois. Population 476 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 36.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,882 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.67	10	6.67
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (HEXAPOM). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DRAN SIMONE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GOMELANGE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	HEXAPOM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	DRAN SIMONE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	GOMELANGE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 409 peak 2012: 535 2023: 476 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 535 (2012) → 476 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 408 (1990) → 476 (2023): 16.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 2.3 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km NEGP — 5.1 km NPharmacy — 6.6 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 (Holling): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gomelange): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Freistroff): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Boulay-Moselle): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Gomelange): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.8

Days at or below 0 °C 76.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COURCELLES-CHAUSSY weather station, 15.7 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 211 m. ^[12]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOUZONVILLE, 7.3 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57252/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57252/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57252/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57252/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57252
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57097
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
Montrond	39	276 km S	485	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %
Moussey	57	67 km S	559	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Le Plan	31	791 km SW	441	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens	38	407 km S	603	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Les Sièges	89	247 km SW	439	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	303 km SW	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moussey	57	67 km S	559	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Les Sièges	89	247 km SW	439	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 58 %
Montrond	39	276 km S	485	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	303 km SW	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens	38	407 km S	603	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Le Plan	31	791 km SW	441	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 66 %

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