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Le Val-de-Guéblange

Moselle · CA Sarreguemines Confluences · INSEE 57267

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 17.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Val-de-Guéblange (INSEE 57267) is in Moselle (57), part of CA Sarreguemines Confluences. Population 789 (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/57267-le-val-de-gueblange

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 15,716 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.39103.89
Housing mix0.9454.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (SOLENE H). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE 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 hall1SALLE DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1SOLENE HINSEE 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: 977 2023: 789 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 869 (2012) → 789 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 888 (1990) → 789 (2023): -11.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 427, of which 3 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.9 km SW (Vittersbourg)Bakery — 4.4 km E (Sarralbe)GP — 5.3 km NE (Sarralbe)Pharmacy — 5.4 km NE (Sarralbe)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km SWBakery — 4.4 km EGP — 5.3 km NEPharmacy — 5.4 km NE 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 (Sarralbe): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vittersbourg): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Sarralbe): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Sarralbe): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Le Val-de-Guéblange): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the KAPPELKINGER_MAN weather station, 3.9 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 215 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at SEINGBOUSE, 19 km away at 347 m, over 21 summers. [11]

That station sits 132 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 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at KAPPELKINGER_MAN, 3.9 km away at 223 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57267/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57267/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57267/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57267/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57628
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57725
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57267
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Louvetot76458 km W78323.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Émanville76441 km W79124.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Lachelle60312 km W80524.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Bonzac33701 km SW80522.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Bonnut64846 km SW77720.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Tricat62424 km NW77323.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lachelle60312 km W80524.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Tricat62424 km NW77323.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Émanville76441 km W79124.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Louvetot76458 km W78323.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Bonzac33701 km SW80522.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Bonnut64846 km SW77720.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · 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 Le Val-de-Guéblange'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Charly-Oradour5757 km NW81024.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vandeins01338 km SW73224.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Ville-sur-Jarnioux69379 km SW82823.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Silly-sur-Nied5747 km W71919.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saulon-la-Rue21241 km SW70125Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vendrest77282 km W68626.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %