Hinckange

Moselle · CC Houve - Pays Boulageois · INSEE 57326

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

Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hinckange (INSEE 57326) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Houve - Pays Boulageois. Population 321 (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 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,933 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.42
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

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

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

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

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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	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: 206 peak 2017: 325 2023: 321 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 305 (2012) → 321 (2023): 5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 281 (1990) → 321 (2023): 14.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 2.2 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km NEFood shop — 3.1 km EGP — 3.6 km EPharmacy — 3.7 km E 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 (Roupeldange): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Boulay-Moselle): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boulay-Moselle): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Boulay-Moselle): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Hinckange): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the COURCELLES-CHAUSSY weather station, 9.8 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 210 m. ^[11]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOULAY, 2.7 km away at 214 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57326/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57326/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57326/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57326/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57599
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57326
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
Reppe	90	175 km S	322	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Mainvillers	57	20 km S	318	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Tilloloy	80	272 km W	318	17.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 58 %
Grattepanche	80	307 km W	321	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 73 %
Grosne	90	184 km S	321	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 93 %
Poids-de-Fiole	39	295 km S	323	21	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mainvillers	57	20 km S	318	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Reppe	90	175 km S	322	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Grosne	90	184 km S	321	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 93 %
Tilloloy	80	272 km W	318	17.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 58 %
Poids-de-Fiole	39	295 km S	323	21	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 93 %
Grattepanche	80	307 km W	321	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 73 %

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