Lambach

Moselle · CC du Pays de Bitche · INSEE 57376

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

Few services 25.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lambach (INSEE 57376) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 463 (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 25.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 17,923 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.35	10	3.54
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES HIRONDELLES). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LES HIRONDELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES HIRONDELLES	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA SCHWALB	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 648 2023: 463 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 530 (2012) → 463 (2023): -12.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 542 (1990) → 463 (2023): -14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 265, of which 8.3 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.7 km SWBakery — 2.8 km SWFood shop — 4.2 km SPharmacy — 4.3 km S 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 (Enchenberg): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lemberg): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Enchenberg): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lemberg): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lambach): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.9

Days at or below 0 °C 95.6▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MOUTERHOUSE weather station, 8.8 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 282 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 10.1 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 76 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 960 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MOUTERHOUSE, 8.8 km away at 265 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 — 57376/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57376/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57376/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57376/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57390
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57376
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
Soirans	21	255 km SW	494	34.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Moroges	71	324 km SW	599	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Aingeray	54	105 km W	532	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Guerville	76	434 km W	458	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 22 %
Cassagnoles	30	610 km SW	457	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %
Foissac	30	602 km SW	445	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aingeray	54	105 km W	532	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Soirans	21	255 km SW	494	34.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Moroges	71	324 km SW	599	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Guerville	76	434 km W	458	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 22 %
Foissac	30	602 km SW	445	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Cassagnoles	30	610 km SW	457	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Lambach'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
Écot	25	185 km S	510	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-des-Rivoires	38	418 km S	425	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Balme-de-Thuy	74	358 km S	460	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Faucigny	74	333 km S	684	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Suarce	90	165 km S	442	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Florimont	90	171 km S	473	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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