Moulins-lès-Metz
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 59/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Moulins-lès-Metz (INSEE 57487) is in Moselle (57), part of Metz Métropole. Population 5,265 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/57487-moulins-les-metz
Vitality score
Vitality score 59/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 75 % of the 4,466 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 | 0.45 | 25 | 11.28 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.76 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.86 |
| Public & culture | 0.11 | 5 | 0.55 |
| Population trend | 0.59 | 10 | 5.91 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.9 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (STREIFF EMMANUEL · HARIBO · CHOCOLATS ROLAND REAUTE · MAISON LEICHTNAM - KUNTZMANN · MALAGOLI ET FILS). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES FOUS DE TERROIRS · EXO-EST · LA TIENDA). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · CORA · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [3,4]
30 × Restaurant (OLD WILD WEST · LA FAMILLE · MISTRETTA ROSARIO · LA TACHE D ENCRE BLEUE · SNACK CROQ STATION). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (LE SENSE · COLUMBUS CAFE & CO). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE P VERLAINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CENTRE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VERLAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CENTRE). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE ALBERT CAMUS · COLLEGE LOUIS ARMAND). [3]
12 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC MILLER, MÉDECIN · LAETITIA GUILLEMIN, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE GALICHET, MÉDECIN · ANDRE ISER, MÉDECIN · VANESSA GAUTIER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA PLAGE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MOULINS LES METZ TOURNEBRIDE RP). [3]
1 × Cinema (KINEPOLIS WAVES). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (STADE LOUIS ARMAND · GYMNASE ALBERT CAMUS). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE GRAND EST EUROPE · CCM METZ SUD LES COTEAUX · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL). [3]
7 × Hairdresser (SWANIE COIFFURE · EURL NATHALIE CONDELLO · DA VINCI · TS - COIFFURE D'ART · FLORIANE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (DOMAINE DE LA RÉSIDENCE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Library. [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | STREIFF EMMANUEL · HARIBO · CHOCOLATS ROLAND REAUTE · MAISON LEICHTNAM - KUNTZMANN · MALAGOLI ET FILS | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | LES FOUS DE TERROIRS · EXO-EST · LA TIENDA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · CORA · CARREFOUR EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 30 | OLD WILD WEST · LA FAMILLE · MISTRETTA ROSARIO · LA TACHE D ENCRE BLEUE · SNACK CROQ STATION | INSEE BPE 30 / INSEE SIRENE 48 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | LE SENSE · COLUMBUS CAFE & CO | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE P VERLAINE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CENTRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VERLAINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CENTRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE ALBERT CAMUS · COLLEGE LOUIS ARMAND | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 12 | MARC MILLER, MÉDECIN · LAETITIA GUILLEMIN, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE GALICHET, MÉDECIN · ANDRE ISER, MÉDECIN · VANESSA GAUTIER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 12 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA PLAGE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MOULINS LES METZ TOURNEBRIDE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 1 | KINEPOLIS WAVES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | STADE LOUIS ARMAND · GYMNASE ALBERT CAMUS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE GRAND EST EUROPE · CCM METZ SUD LES COTEAUX · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 7 | SWANIE COIFFURE · EURL NATHALIE CONDELLO · DA VINCI · TS - COIFFURE D'ART · FLORIANE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | DOMAINE DE LA RÉSIDENCE | 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
Population 5,090 (2012) → 5,265 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 4,827 (1990) → 5,265 (2023): 9.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,719, of which 1 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Moulins-lès-Metz): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Scy-Chazelles): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Moulins-lès-Metz): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Moulins-lès-Metz): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Moulins-lès-Metz): 0 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the METZ-FRESCATY weather station, 4.3 km away at 192 m; the village itself is at 173 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at METZ-FRESCATY, 4.3 km away at 192 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at METZ-FRESCATY, 4.3 km away at 192 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57487/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57487/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57487/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57487/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57487
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57642
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fagnières | 51 | 131 km W | 4,858 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mouroux | 77 | 226 km W | 5,810 | 51.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Irube | 64 | 853 km SW | 5,900 | 61.4 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor | 41 | 388 km SW | 4,471 | 49.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Houlme | 76 | 370 km W | 4,130 | 42.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Divion | 62 | 300 km NW | 6,766 | 50.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fagnières | 51 | 131 km W | 4,858 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mouroux | 77 | 226 km W | 5,810 | 51.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Divion | 62 | 300 km NW | 6,766 | 50.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Houlme | 76 | 370 km W | 4,130 | 42.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor | 41 | 388 km SW | 4,471 | 49.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Irube | 64 | 853 km SW | 5,900 | 61.4 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Moulins-lès-Metz'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fagnières | 51 | 131 km W | 4,858 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours | 77 | 268 km W | 5,401 | 52.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hombourg-Haut | 57 | 49 km E | 5,976 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Péronnas | 01 | 333 km S | 6,444 | 45.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Champigneulles | 54 | 42 km S | 6,551 | 52.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marange-Silvange | 57 | 12 km N | 6,539 | 51.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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