Plaine-de-Walsch
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 21.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plaine-de-Walsch (INSEE 57544) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. Population 601 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/57544-plaine-de-walsch
Vitality score
Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 25 % of the 17,050 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 | 0.75 | 10 | 7.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.68 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DES HANNETONS). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (SELF COIFF). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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) | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DES HANNETONS | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | SELF COIFF | 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] | |
| 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 626 (2012) → 601 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 482 (1990) → 601 (2023): 24.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 317, of which 3.2 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Troisfontaines): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Troisfontaines): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Troisfontaines): 2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Troisfontaines): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Plaine-de-Walsch): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BUHL-LORRAINE weather station, 4.4 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 338 m. [10]
The village sits 80 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BUHL-LORRAINE, 4.4 km away at 258 m, over 13 summers. [10]
That station sits 80 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 815 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BUHL-LORRAINE, 4.4 km away at 258 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 — 57544/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57544/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57544/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57544/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57680
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57544
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulhac | 43 | 473 km SW | 590 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montignargues | 30 | 575 km SW | 556 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
| Contz-les-Bains | 57 | 102 km NW | 548 | 21.5 | Few services | no figures |
| Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont | 60 | 327 km W | 654 | 22.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| Kindwiller | 67 | 40 km NE | 653 | 21.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bordères | 64 | 832 km SW | 694 | 21.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 7 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kindwiller | 67 | 40 km NE | 653 | 21.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Contz-les-Bains | 57 | 102 km NW | 548 | 21.5 | Few services | no figures |
| Saint-Vaast-de-Longmont | 60 | 327 km W | 654 | 22.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| Paulhac | 43 | 473 km SW | 590 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montignargues | 30 | 575 km SW | 556 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bordères | 64 | 832 km SW | 694 | 21.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 7 % |
Sort and compare these on the full list →
…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 Plaine-de-Walsch'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brion | 01 | 304 km SW | 592 | 26.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vescemont | 90 | 107 km S | 717 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Berche | 25 | 138 km S | 534 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Badevel | 25 | 133 km S | 808 | 34.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Flétrange | 57 | 58 km NW | 875 | 21.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Allenjoie | 25 | 129 km S | 719 | 29.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/57544-plaine-de-walsch