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Rouhling

Moselle · CA Sarreguemines Confluences · INSEE 57598

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

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rouhling (INSEE 57598) is in Moselle (57), part of CA Sarreguemines Confluences. Population 1,981 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/57598-rouhling

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 9,685 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.422510.48
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.53105.34
Housing mix0.9954.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON FAAS). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE BOEUF LE COCHON ET L'ABEILLE). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE COCON). [3,4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE L. PASTEUR). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RAYMOND BOUSENDORFER, MÉDECIN · LAURENT HETZEL, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS PIERRE DE COUBERTIN). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (SALON DE COIFFURE LA SUITE BY ISA). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)4MAISON FAASINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1LE BOEUF LE COCHON ET L'ABEILLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE COCONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE LOUIS PASTEURINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE L. PASTEURINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2RAYMOND BOUSENDORFER, MÉDECIN · LAURENT HETZEL, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE OMNISPORTS PIERRE DE COUBERTININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3SALON DE COIFFURE LA SUITE BY ISAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,927 peak 2017: 2,060 2023: 1,981 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,043 (2012) → 1,981 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,915 (1990) → 1,981 (2023): 3.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,001, of which 0.3 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.8 km W (Rouhling)Pharmacy — 2.2 km NE (Grosbliederstroff)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.8 km WPharmacy — 2.2 km NE 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 (Rouhling): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rouhling): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Rouhling): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Grosbliederstroff): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Rouhling): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the REMELFING weather station, 9.3 km away at 220 m; the village itself is at 329 m. [10]

The village sits 109 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 SEINGBOUSE, 12.9 km away at 347 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 897 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at REMELFING, 9.3 km away at 220 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57598/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57598/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57598/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57598/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57598
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57260
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Wettolsheim68122 km S1,78439.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saméon59303 km NW1,70437.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Montfaucon25223 km S1,62240.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Estevelles62329 km NW1,97940.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 42 %
Châtillon-le-Duc25217 km S2,04257.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Voglans73399 km S2,02154.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Wettolsheim68122 km S1,78439.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-le-Duc25217 km S2,04257.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Montfaucon25223 km S1,62240.5Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saméon59303 km NW1,70437.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Estevelles62329 km NW1,97940.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 42 %
Voglans73399 km S2,02154.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Rouhling'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Charvonnex74357 km S1,53748.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Argonay74361 km S3,80743.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Réding5744 km S2,28048.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Échenevex01323 km S2,32834Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Eteaux74346 km S2,18045.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Grosbliederstroff572.3 km NE3,34647.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %