Meisenthal

Moselle · CC du Pays de Bitche · INSEE 57456

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

Few services 26.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meisenthal (INSEE 57456) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 635 (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 26.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 16,821 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.3	10	3.01
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE MEISENTHAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MEISENTHAL AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NAT'TIFFS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DES MÉSANGES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	LE MEISENTHAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	MEISENTHAL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	NAT'TIFFS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DES MÉSANGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 876 2023: 635 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 691 (2012) → 635 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 793 (1990) → 635 (2023): -19.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 379, of which 9.5 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 0.5 km SBakery — 1.6 km SWPrimary school — 1.7 km SWPharmacy — 2.1 km NEGP — 3.5 km NE 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 (Soucht): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meisenthal): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Goetzenbruck): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Goetzenbruck): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Soucht): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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, 7.5 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 292 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 17.7 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 66 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, 7.5 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 — 57456/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57456/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57456/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57456/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57658
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57456
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57250
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
Salignac-sur-Charente	17	691 km SW	606	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 57 %
Glaine-Montaigut	63	465 km SW	606	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Breitenbach	67	67 km S	686	19.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Bâlines	27	467 km W	545	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 45 %
La Bauche	73	406 km S	542	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Bailly-en-Rivière	76	447 km W	510	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Breitenbach	67	67 km S	686	19.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
La Bauche	73	406 km S	542	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Bailly-en-Rivière	76	447 km W	510	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Glaine-Montaigut	63	465 km SW	606	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Bâlines	27	467 km W	545	22.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 45 %
Salignac-sur-Charente	17	691 km SW	606	22.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Meisenthal'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
Breurey-lès-Faverney	70	162 km SW	588	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Montcarra	38	401 km S	612	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost	69	411 km SW	622	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Belmont	38	416 km S	636	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ancy	69	408 km SW	671	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Nances	73	393 km S	554	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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