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Henriville

Moselle · CC de Freyming-Merlebach · INSEE 57316

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

Few services 21.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Henriville (INSEE 57316) is in Moselle (57), part of CC de Freyming-Merlebach. Population 742 (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/57316-henriville

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 16,111 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
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture050
Population trend0.41104.14
Housing mix0.9954.94

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 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PRE VERT). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRAUKE-SUSANNE KNITTLMAYER, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (SABINE COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PRE VERTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1FRAUKE-SUSANNE KNITTLMAYER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser2SABINE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 503 peak 1982: 875 2023: 742 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 729 (2012) → 742 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 812 (1990) → 742 (2023): -8.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 347, of which 0.6 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.9 km N (Farébersviller)Bakery — 2.0 km N (Farébersviller)Pharmacy — 2.5 km NW (Seingbouse)
In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.9 km NBakery — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.5 km NW 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 (Farébersviller): 2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Farébersviller): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Henriville): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Seingbouse): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Henriville): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

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 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, 3.9 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 291 m. [11]

The village sits 56 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, 3.9 km away at 347 m, over 21 summers. [11]

That station sits 56 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 762 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SEINGBOUSE, 3.9 km away at 347 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 — 57316/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57316/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57316/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57316/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57207
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57316
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57644
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mercatel62318 km NW73028.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Caffiers62409 km NW73425.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Davayat63449 km SW66626.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Thil-Manneville76432 km W65927Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Marches26477 km S86630.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Rivas42437 km SW74725Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mercatel62318 km NW73028.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Caffiers62409 km NW73425.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Thil-Manneville76432 km W65927Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Rivas42437 km SW74725Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Davayat63449 km SW66626.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Marches26477 km S86630.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Henriville'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
Pommérieux5751 km W75525.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Plessier-Rozainvillers80320 km W75322.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe59242 km NW73317.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fay72514 km W75124.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Verderel-lès-Sauqueuse60348 km W72119.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes59294 km NW53628.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %