Oberstinzel

Moselle · CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud · INSEE 57518

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

Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oberstinzel (INSEE 57518) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. Population 316 (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 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,916 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.8	10	7.95
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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: 197 peak 2012: 352 2023: 316 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 352 (2012) → 316 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 244 (1990) → 316 (2023): 29.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 148, of which 5.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.3 km NWBakery — 3.0 km SEFood shop — 4.7 km SEPharmacy — 6.0 km N 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 (Sarraltroff): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hilbesheim): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bettborn): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Fénétrange): 6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 74.7

Muggy days a summer 1

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the BUHL-LORRAINE weather station, 8.8 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 285 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at BUHL-LORRAINE, 8.8 km away at 258 m, over 13 summers. ^[13]

An average of 952 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at SARREBOURG, 5.4 km away at 313 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

No price figures: this département keeps the livre foncier rather than the cadastre, so its transactions are not published in DVF at all. ^[14]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57518/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57518/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57518/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57518/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57629
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57324
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57071
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57518
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Guinglange	57	49 km NW	322	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Sempy	62	417 km NW	324	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Bitry	60	296 km W	308	19.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Sauviac	33	736 km SW	333	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Briot	60	383 km W	302	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Bats	40	811 km SW	328	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 31 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Guinglange	57	49 km NW	322	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Bitry	60	296 km W	308	19.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Briot	60	383 km W	302	20.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Sempy	62	417 km NW	324	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Sauviac	33	736 km SW	333	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 64 %
Bats	40	811 km SW	328	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 31 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Oberstinzel'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
Chaudenay	52	157 km SW	338	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sivry-la-Perche	55	136 km W	279	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Emlingen	68	131 km S	307	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Virming	57	27 km NW	297	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Recologne-lès-Rioz	70	166 km SW	288	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Autreville-sur-Moselle	54	67 km W	264	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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