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Lemberg

Moselle · CC du Pays de Bitche · INSEE 57390

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

Partly served 42.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lemberg (INSEE 57390) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 1,428 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/57390-lemberg

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 11,993 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 food0.472511.74
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.39103.95
Housing mix0.954.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MACARON · DELICIEUX CAPRICES · AU FOURNIL DE LIESE). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI ENNERY · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BOITE A FLAM'S · LES LAURENTIDES). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LA PARAISON). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NEJIB LARBI, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LEMBERG). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU COLLEGE LA PARAISON). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE SABINE · NUANCES ET STYLE · L'INSTANT COIFFURE DE MAGALIE). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3MACARON · DELICIEUX CAPRICES · AU FOURNIL DE LIESEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket2ALDI ENNERY · INTERMARCHEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LA BOITE A FLAM'S · LES LAURENTIDESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES VERRIERSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE LA PARAISONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1NEJIB LARBI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE LEMBERGINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1GYMNASE DU COLLEGE LA PARAISONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4COIFFURE SABINE · NUANCES ET STYLE · L'INSTANT COIFFURE DE MAGALIEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,657 2023: 1,428 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,493 (2012) → 1,428 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,596 (1990) → 1,428 (2023): -10.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 748, of which 4.8 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Lemberg): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lemberg): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Lemberg): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Lemberg): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Lemberg): 0.1 km to the north-west (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 103 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MOUTERHOUSE weather station, 5.7 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 389 m. [9]

The village sits 124 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 13.7 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. [9]

An average of 960 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at MOUTERHOUSE, 5.7 km away at 265 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57390/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57390/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57390/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57390/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57390
  9. 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
Aiserey21262 km SW1,50044.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Mareuil-sur-Ourcq60314 km W1,58139.6Few servicesno figures
Fayl-Billot52189 km SW1,29644.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Delme5773 km W1,16648.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Valence-sur-Baïse32781 km SW1,14742.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 15 % · humidity 7 %
Goetzenbruck572.7 km S1,48435.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Goetzenbruck572.7 km S1,48435.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Delme5773 km W1,16648.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Fayl-Billot52189 km SW1,29644.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Aiserey21262 km SW1,50044.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Mareuil-sur-Ourcq60314 km W1,58139.6Few servicesno figures
Valence-sur-Baïse32781 km SW1,14742.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 15 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Lemberg'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
Goetzenbruck572.7 km S1,48435.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montrottier69419 km SW1,40035.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Frêne01346 km SW1,02334.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bouclans25212 km SW1,05335.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Avoudrey25219 km S98252.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Moirans-en-Montagne39311 km SW2,10759.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %