Nelling
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Nelling (INSEE 57497) is in Moselle (57), part of CA Sarreguemines Confluences. Population 266 (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 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 53 % of the 17,491 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Housing mix | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (PRATISHOP). [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser (CREATIONS DANS L'HAIR). [3,4]
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]
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) | 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 | 1 | PRATISHOP | 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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | CREATIONS DANS L'HAIR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 288 (2012) → 266 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 235 (1990) → 266 (2023): 13.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 123, of which 0 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Albestroff): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Insming): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Insming): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Insming): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Insming): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the KAPPELKINGER_SAPC weather station, 3.1 km away at 224 m; the village itself is at 219 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at RODALBE, 14.1 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. [10]
An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at KAPPELKINGER_SAPC, 3.1 km away at 224 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 — 57497/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57497/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57497/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57497/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57011
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57346
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nampty | 80 | 350 km W | 277 | 24.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Andilly | 54 | 76 km W | 275 | 23.1 | Few services | no figures |
| Lachapelle | 54 | 61 km S | 257 | 22.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mazerulles | 54 | 42 km SW | 283 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Magny-Fouchard | 10 | 189 km SW | 260 | 20.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ventelay | 51 | 227 km W | 253 | 21.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazerulles | 54 | 42 km SW | 283 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lachapelle | 54 | 61 km S | 257 | 22.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Andilly | 54 | 76 km W | 275 | 23.1 | Few services | no figures |
| Magny-Fouchard | 10 | 189 km SW | 260 | 20.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ventelay | 51 | 227 km W | 253 | 21.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nampty | 80 | 350 km W | 277 | 24.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Nelling'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachapelle | 54 | 61 km S | 257 | 22.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mazerulles | 54 | 42 km SW | 283 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Magny-Fouchard | 10 | 189 km SW | 260 | 20.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nouillonpont | 55 | 99 km NW | 243 | 22 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sarcy | 51 | 223 km W | 268 | 21.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chérisey | 57 | 46 km W | 280 | 21.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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