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Insviller

Moselle · CC du Saulnois · INSEE 57347

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Insviller (INSEE 57347) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Saulnois. Population 168 (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/57347-insviller

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 14,884 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.35103.53
Housing mix0.9254.58

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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O DELICES). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)1O DELICESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE 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 hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 224 2023: 168 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 202 (2012) → 168 (2023): -16.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 168 (2023): -14.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 96, of which 4.2 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 4.8 km SE (Mittersheim)Food shop — 5.8 km NW (Albestroff)Pharmacy — 7.7 km N (Insming)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.8 km SEFood shop — 5.8 km NWPharmacy — 7.7 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 (Insviller): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Albestroff): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Mittersheim): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Insming): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Insviller): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]

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. [12]

Measured at the KAPPELKINGER_MAN weather station, 9.9 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 231 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at RODALBE, 15.1 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. [12]

An average of 931 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MITTERSHEIM, 4.2 km away at 233 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57347/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57347/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57347/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57347/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57347
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57011
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57469
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57346
  12. 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
Cléry21206 km SW15929.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 91 %
Bernécourt5477 km W17824.6Few servicesno figures
La Boissière14494 km W18730.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Riche5720 km W18023.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Postroff5714 km E19624.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Remimont88102 km SW20624.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Postroff5714 km E19624.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Riche5720 km W18023.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bernécourt5477 km W17824.6Few servicesno figures
Saint-Remimont88102 km SW20624.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Cléry21206 km SW15929.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 91 %
La Boissière14494 km W18730.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Insviller'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
Riche5720 km W18023.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Postroff5714 km E19624.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Remimont88102 km SW20624.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Gelucourt5718 km SW20422.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Hampont5724 km W16716No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-lès-Gorze5474 km W16219.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %