Hesse

Moselle · CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud · INSEE 57321

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

Few services 24.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hesse (INSEE 57321) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. Population 549 (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/57321-hesse

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 40 % of the 17,510 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.47	10	4.7
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	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 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: 574 peak 2007: 625 2023: 549 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 600 (2012) → 549 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 566 (1990) → 549 (2023): -3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 285, of which 1.8 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km NGP — 3.1 km SWPharmacy — 4.3 km N 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 (Sarrebourg): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hesse): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nitting): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sarrebourg): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Hesse): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 79.2

Muggy days a summer 1

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 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NITTING_SAPC weather station, 3.4 km away at 266 m; the village itself is at 283 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BUHL-LORRAINE, 3.5 km away at 258 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

An average of 922 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NITTING_SAPC, 3.4 km away at 266 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57321/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57321/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57321/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57321/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57630
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57509
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
Trilbardou	77	312 km W	700	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Ymeray	28	394 km W	615	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Chesny	57	71 km NW	553	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Avenay	14	551 km W	555	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Kienheim	67	39 km E	537	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Kappelen	68	123 km S	573	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Kienheim	67	39 km E	537	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Chesny	57	71 km NW	553	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Kappelen	68	123 km S	573	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Trilbardou	77	312 km W	700	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Ymeray	28	394 km W	615	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Avenay	14	551 km W	555	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 31 % · 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 Hesse'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
Kappelen	68	123 km S	573	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saasenheim	67	66 km SE	573	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Hymont	88	82 km SW	491	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Frœschwiller	67	57 km NE	482	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Champ-le-Duc	88	61 km SW	475	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Etting	57	39 km N	714	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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