Moussey

Moselle · CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud · INSEE 57488

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

Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moussey (INSEE 57488) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. Population 559 (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/57488-moussey

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,438 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.28	10	2.75
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA COOP). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (KEBAB MOUSSEY). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES GRANDES AIGRETTES). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LES ETANGS). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MOUSSEY RP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA COOP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	KEBAB MOUSSEY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES GRANDES AIGRETTES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LES ETANGS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MOUSSEY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 1,058 2023: 559 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 632 (2012) → 559 (2023): -11.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 721 (1990) → 559 (2023): -22.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 327, of which 3.1 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.3 km NEPrimary school — 2.6 km NEBakery — 3.3 km SEPharmacy — 3.3 km SEGP — 3.4 km SE 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 (Avricourt): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moussey): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avricourt): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Avricourt): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Moussey): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 79.2

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 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NITTING_SAPC weather station, 18.4 km away at 266 m; the village itself is at 244 m. ^[10]

An average of 940 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GONDREXANGE, 11 km away at 266 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 — 57488/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57488/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57488/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57488/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57042
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57488
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
Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens	38	352 km S	603	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 57 %
Gomelange	57	67 km N	476	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Montrond	39	220 km S	485	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	263 km SW	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 69 %
Lessac	16	543 km SW	549	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 57 %
Valeyrac	33	686 km SW	552	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gomelange	57	67 km N	476	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
Montrond	39	220 km S	485	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	263 km SW	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens	38	352 km S	603	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 57 %
Lessac	16	543 km SW	549	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 57 %
Valeyrac	33	686 km SW	552	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 43 %

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