Kerbach

Moselle · CA de Forbach Porte de France · INSEE 57360

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

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Kerbach (INSEE 57360) is in Moselle (57), part of CA de Forbach Porte de France. Population 1,224 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/57360-kerbach

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 13,093 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.84	10	8.44
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE SOPHIE · MANGER DES TRUCS BONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZERIA DEL BOSCO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU SOLEIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (ANGELIQUE COIFFURE · AUTHENTIC COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES DELICES DE SOPHIE · MANGER DES TRUCS BONS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	PIZZERIA DEL BOSCO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
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	1	PHARMACIE DU SOLEIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	ANGELIQUE COIFFURE · AUTHENTIC COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 557 2023: 1,224 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,199 (2012) → 1,224 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 911 (1990) → 1,224 (2023): 34.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 565, of which 0.5 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.5 km WFood shop — 2.4 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 (Kerbach): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Behren-lès-Forbach): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Behren-lès-Forbach): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Kerbach): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Kerbach): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.9

Days at or below 0 °C 57.9

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SEINGBOUSE weather station, 10.7 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 302 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SEINGBOUSE, 10.7 km away at 347 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FORBACH, 6 km away at 205 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57360/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57360/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57360/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57360/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57360
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57058
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
Soultz-les-Bains	67	76 km SE	942	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Kertzfeld	67	98 km SE	1,255	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Vieille-Toulouse	31	756 km SW	1,230	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Méréville	54	87 km SW	1,288	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Éveux	69	411 km SW	1,160	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Rœux	62	318 km NW	1,381	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Soultz-les-Bains	67	76 km SE	942	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Méréville	54	87 km SW	1,288	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Kertzfeld	67	98 km SE	1,255	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Rœux	62	318 km NW	1,381	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Éveux	69	411 km SW	1,160	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Vieille-Toulouse	31	756 km SW	1,230	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Kerbach'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
Méréville	54	87 km SW	1,288	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lorry-lès-Metz	57	62 km W	1,720	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Nointel	60	326 km W	1,170	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ohlungen	67	67 km SE	1,418	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bainville-sur-Madon	54	91 km SW	1,441	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Semécourt	57	61 km W	1,024	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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