Rohrbach-lès-Bitche

Moselle · CC du Pays de Bitche · INSEE 57589

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

Partly served 56.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rohrbach-lès-Bitche (INSEE 57589) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 2,301 (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/57589-rohrbach-les-bitche

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 8,736 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	0.67	20	13.44
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.59	10	5.89
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE KADRIC). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · BILANDIS). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (PIZZA CHEZ ADDY · YILDIZ KEBAB · SABERY · CHEZ GRUNY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MONNET). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN SEITLINGER). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE BECKER, MÉDECIN · RAPHAEL METZGER, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE HEYMANN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LOUIS ARCADE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SCHMITT · PHARMACIE NOUVELLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE DU SECONDAIRE JEAN SEITLINGER). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOL MUTUEL LORRAIN · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL CANTON DE ROHRBACH). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (ESPRIT COIFFURE · METAMORPHOSE COIFFURE · JENNI'HAIR COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE LORANG	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE KADRIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · BILANDIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	PIZZA CHEZ ADDY · YILDIZ KEBAB · SABERY · CHEZ GRUNY	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES COLIBRIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MONNET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN SEITLINGER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	ANNE BECKER, MÉDECIN · RAPHAEL METZGER, MÉDECIN · FABIENNE HEYMANN, MÉDECIN · JEAN-LOUIS ARCADE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE SCHMITT · PHARMACIE NOUVELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COLLEGE DU SECONDAIRE JEAN SEITLINGER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOL MUTUEL LORRAIN · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL CANTON DE ROHRBACH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	6	ESPRIT COIFFURE · METAMORPHOSE COIFFURE · JENNI'HAIR COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 (reported, unverified): Thursday 8h-12h parking de l'église. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,623 2023: 2,301 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,079 (2012) → 2,301 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,113 (1990) → 2,301 (2023): 8.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,110, of which 0.5 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Rohrbach-lès-Bitche): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Rohrbach-lès-Bitche): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rohrbach-lès-Bitche): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rohrbach-lès-Bitche): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rohrbach-lès-Bitche): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the VOLMUNSTER weather station, 12.1 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 310 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 12.1 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 770 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VOLMUNSTER, 12.1 km away at 358 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57589/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.rohrbach-les-bitche.fr/decouvrir/8876— “Jeudi matin - 8h-12h”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57589/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57589/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57589/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57589
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
Saint-Germain-du-Puch	33	740 km SW	2,304	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 57 %
La Chapelle-la-Reine	77	354 km W	2,170	54.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Selongey	21	224 km SW	2,395	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amour	39	324 km SW	2,349	60.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lussac-les-Châteaux	86	570 km SW	2,263	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Artenay	45	411 km W	1,997	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Selongey	21	224 km SW	2,395	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amour	39	324 km SW	2,349	60.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-la-Reine	77	354 km W	2,170	54.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Artenay	45	411 km W	1,997	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lussac-les-Châteaux	86	570 km SW	2,263	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Germain-du-Puch	33	740 km SW	2,304	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · 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 Rohrbach-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
Artenay	45	411 km W	1,997	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Contrexéville	88	139 km SW	2,923	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache	02	274 km NW	2,468	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Stenay	55	159 km W	2,403	68.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Étain	55	120 km W	3,375	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Monthermé	08	206 km NW	2,138	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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