Malroy

Identity

Malroy (INSEE 57438) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Rives de Moselle. Population 353 (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/57438-malroy

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 18,024 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DE MALROY · AUX 3 CAPITAINES). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (CLAUDIA CHUIMER COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 383 (2012) → 353 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 304 (1990) → 353 (2023): 16.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 195, of which 5.1 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Woippy): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Woippy): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Argancy): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Woippy): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Maxe): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MALANCOURT weather station, 12.2 km away at 346 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[11]

The village sits 170 m below 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at METZ-FRESCATY, 13.4 km away at 192 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 905 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MALANCOURT, 12.2 km away at 346 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57438/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57438/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57438/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57438/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57751
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57028
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57452
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024