Metting

Identity

Metting (INSEE 57462) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Phalsbourg. Population 410 (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/57462-metting

Vitality score

Vitality score 35/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 18,015 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

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

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA BRIGITTE ET SYLVAIN · HUG 'OPIZZ). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB INTERCONFESSIONNEL). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 361 (2012) → 410 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 306 (1990) → 410 (2023): 34 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 177, of which 1.7 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vescheim): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pfalzweyer): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Drulingen): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Phalsbourg): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Metting): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the PHALSBOURG_SAPC weather station, 8.6 km away at 377 m; the village itself is at 253 m. ^[13]

The village sits 124 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at PHALSBOURG_SAPC, 8.6 km away at 377 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 124 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 868 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at PHALSBOURG_SAPC, 8.6 km away at 377 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57462/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57462/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57462/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57462/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57709
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67373
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67105
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57540
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57462
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024