Sainte-Barbe

Identity

Sainte-Barbe (INSEE 57607) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Haut Chemin - Pays de Pange. Population 786 (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/57607-sainte-barbe

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 15,728 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PETITS LUTINS). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CHAN HEURLIN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 729 (2012) → 786 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 525 (1990) → 786 (2023): 49.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 339, of which 0.3 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Noisseville): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vigy): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Retonfey): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Noisseville): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Barbe): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COURCELLES-CHAUSSY weather station, 7.8 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 291 m. ^[12]

The village sits 66 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at METZ-FRESCATY, 16.4 km away at 192 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 99 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 776 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COURCELLES-CHAUSSY, 7.8 km away at 225 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57607/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57607/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57607/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57607/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57510
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57716
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57575
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57607
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024