Nousseviller-lès-Bitche

Moselle · CC du Pays de Bitche · INSEE 57513

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

Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nousseviller-lès-Bitche (INSEE 57513) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 150 (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 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 14,109 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.56	10	5.64
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE OLIGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	LES DELICES DE MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE OLIGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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		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

1968: 166 2023: 150 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 145 (2012) → 150 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 141 (1990) → 150 (2023): 6.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 82, of which 2.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 1.1 km WFood shop — 1.1 km WPrimary school — 2.5 km NWPharmacy — 2.5 km NWGP — 6.7 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 (Nousseviller-lès-Bitche): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nousseviller-lès-Bitche): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bitche): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Volmunster): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Volmunster): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.5

Days at or below 0 °C 67.1

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VOLMUNSTER weather station, 2.4 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 344 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 2.4 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 770 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VOLMUNSTER, 2.4 km away at 358 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 — 57513/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57513/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57513/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57513/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57513
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57732
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
Oueilloux	65	861 km SW	148	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Montagne-Fayel	80	399 km W	146	16.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Coole	51	222 km W	157	16.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-Tournelle	80	361 km W	160	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Punerot	88	134 km SW	149	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chichey	51	268 km W	166	18.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Punerot	88	134 km SW	149	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Coole	51	222 km W	157	16.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chichey	51	268 km W	166	18.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-Tournelle	80	361 km W	160	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Montagne-Fayel	80	399 km W	146	16.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Oueilloux	65	861 km SW	148	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Nousseviller-lès-Bitche'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
Punerot	88	134 km SW	149	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Alaincourt-la-Côte	57	79 km W	176	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Amel-sur-l'Étang	55	127 km W	153	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sachy	08	174 km W	175	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bagneux	54	125 km SW	127	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montot	70	215 km SW	139	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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