Porcelette

Moselle · CA Saint-Avold Synergie · INSEE 57550

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

Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Porcelette (INSEE 57550) is in Moselle (57), part of CA Saint-Avold Synergie. Population 2,397 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/57550-porcelette

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 8,499 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.53	10	5.32
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EUGENE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PARENT'VRAC). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (KEBAB CHEZ ULKER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENT LE CHAFFOTEC, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE JAZBEC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PORCELETTE TABAC ROTONDO RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (ESPACE CULTUREL SAINTE BARBE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · TENNIS CLUB DE DIESEN). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL VALLEE DE LA BISTEN). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (ERIC ET DANY COIFFURE · ISABELLE COIFFURE · 2 TOUTE BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	EUGENE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PARENT'VRAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	KEBAB CHEZ ULKER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LAURENT LE CHAFFOTEC, MÉDECIN · DOMINIQUE JAZBEC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	PORCELETTE TABAC ROTONDO RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	ESPACE CULTUREL SAINTE BARBE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF · TENNIS CLUB DE DIESEN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL VALLEE DE LA BISTEN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	4	ERIC ET DANY COIFFURE · ISABELLE COIFFURE · 2 TOUTE BEAUTE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,659 peak 2012: 2,542 2023: 2,397 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,542 (2012) → 2,397 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,322 (1990) → 2,397 (2023): 3.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,169, of which 0.8 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.5 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 (Porcelette): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Porcelette): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Porcelette): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ham-sous-Varsberg): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Porcelette): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.8

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SEINGBOUSE weather station, 13.2 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 246 m. ^[10]

The village sits 101 m below 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 SEINGBOUSE, 13.2 km away at 347 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 101 m above 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 885 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PORCELETTE, 0.8 km away at 250 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 — 57550/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57550/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57550/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57550/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57550
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57288
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
Luzinay	38	417 km S	2,416	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Armel	35	620 km W	2,433	43.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Peujard	33	704 km SW	2,195	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Belgentier	83	659 km S	2,373	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	576 km W	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mathurin	85	687 km W	2,496	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Luzinay	38	417 km S	2,416	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	576 km W	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Armel	35	620 km W	2,433	43.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Belgentier	83	659 km S	2,373	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Mathurin	85	687 km W	2,496	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Peujard	33	704 km SW	2,195	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Porcelette'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
Bailleul-sur-Thérain	60	323 km W	2,330	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Augny	57	40 km W	2,207	64.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trieux	54	56 km W	2,753	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Genech	59	290 km NW	2,803	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pernay	37	493 km W	1,609	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Hédé-Bazouges	35	627 km W	2,267	62.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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