Philippsbourg

Moselle · CC du Pays de Bitche · INSEE 57541

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

Few services 38.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Philippsbourg (INSEE 57541) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 613 (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/57541-philippsbourg

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 16,938 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	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.72	10	7.16
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE NAGEL). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SARL LE FALKENSTEIN · TETES BRULEES · LA VOILE BLANCHE · AU PAYS DE HANAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE DE PHILIPPSBOURG). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (CAMPING HANAU). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE TENDANCE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL LE FALKEN · HÔTEL BEAU RIVAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	BOULANGERIE NAGEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	SARL LE FALKENSTEIN · TETES BRULEES · LA VOILE BLANCHE · AU PAYS DE HANAU	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	GROUPE SCOLAIRE DE PHILIPPSBOURG	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	CAMPING HANAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	COIFFURE TENDANCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HÔTEL LE FALKEN · HÔTEL BEAU RIVAGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 524 peak 2012: 627 2023: 613 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 627 (2012) → 613 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 504 (1990) → 613 (2023): 21.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 340, of which 11.8 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km WGP — 3.6 km WPharmacy — 5.7 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 (Philippsbourg): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Baerenthal): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Baerenthal): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Oberbronn): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Philippsbourg): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.9

Days at or below 0 °C 95.6▸

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MOUTERHOUSE weather station, 8.2 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 227 m. ^[11]

An average of 960 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MOUTERHOUSE, 8.2 km away at 265 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 — 57541/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57541/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57541/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57541/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57541
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 67340
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
Le Tilleul	76	539 km W	656	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 18 %
Saint-Pey-de-Castets	33	742 km SW	588	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 9 %
Saint-Marceau	72	554 km W	530	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 26 %
Tilly	78	438 km W	530	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 38 %
Aigues-Vives	09	797 km SW	625	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %
Beauvoir-en-Lyons	76	438 km W	663	36	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 54 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tilly	78	438 km W	530	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 38 %
Beauvoir-en-Lyons	76	438 km W	663	36	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 54 %
Le Tilleul	76	539 km W	656	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 18 %
Saint-Marceau	72	554 km W	530	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 26 %
Saint-Pey-de-Castets	33	742 km SW	588	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 9 %
Aigues-Vives	09	797 km SW	625	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 45 %

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