Honskirch

Moselle · CC du Saulnois · INSEE 57335

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

Few services 26.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Honskirch (INSEE 57335) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Saulnois. Population 213 (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 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 16,342 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	0.63	10	6.27
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX SAVEURS CHARCUTIERES D'ANTAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[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	AUX SAVEURS CHARCUTIERES D'ANTAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 194 peak 2012: 224 2023: 213 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 224 (2012) → 213 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 189 (1990) → 213 (2023): 12.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 99, of which 4 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 6.2 km WPharmacy — 6.3 km WBakery — 6.8 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): 6.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Insming): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Insming): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Honskirch): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.1

Days at or below 0 °C 68.6

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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, 5.3 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 249 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at RODALBE, 19.6 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. ^[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, 5.3 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57335/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57335/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57335/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57335/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57628
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57335
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57346
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
Humbercamps	62	345 km NW	219	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Hengwiller	67	41 km SE	198	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Fromont	77	336 km W	230	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Linzeux	62	376 km NW	174	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 50 %
Bostens	40	787 km SW	206	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Polastron	32	763 km SW	263	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 32 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hengwiller	67	41 km SE	198	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Fromont	77	336 km W	230	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Humbercamps	62	345 km NW	219	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Linzeux	62	376 km NW	174	26.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 50 %
Polastron	32	763 km SW	263	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 32 % · humidity 50 %
Bostens	40	787 km SW	206	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Honskirch'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
Vallerange	57	20 km W	211	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Roulier	88	90 km S	208	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Arriance	57	35 km W	213	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fromeréville-les-Vallons	55	124 km W	214	17.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Barbas	54	42 km S	204	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Olley	54	91 km W	220	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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