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Saint-François-Lacroix

Moselle · CC Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières · INSEE 57610

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-François-Lacroix (INSEE 57610) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Bouzonvillois-Trois Frontières. Population 317 (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/57610-saint-francois-lacroix

Vitality score

Vitality score 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 17,936 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.954.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 132 2023: 317 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 306 (2012) → 317 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 139 (1990) → 317 (2023): 128.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 136, of which 5.1 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.6 km E (Waldweistroff)GP — 2.6 km E (Waldweistroff)Pharmacy — 2.6 km E (Waldweistroff)Bakery — 3.2 km W (Monneren)Food shop — 4.1 km W (Monneren)
Primary school — 2.6 km EGP — 2.6 km EPharmacy — 2.6 km EBakery — 3.2 km WFood shop — 4.1 km W 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 (Monneren): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Monneren): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Waldweistroff): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Waldweistroff): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Waldweistroff): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57610/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57610/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57610/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57610/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57476
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57739

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
Abbenans25206 km S32110.1No daily shopsno figures
Vauxrezis02230 km W32310.3No daily shopsno figures
Villez-sous-Bailleul27370 km W31214.2No daily shopsno figures
Ouzouer-sous-Bellegarde45330 km SW31113.7No daily shopsno figures
Orsonville78351 km W32514.4No daily shopsno figures
Breidenbach5774 km E30910.6No daily shopsno figures
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Breidenbach5774 km E30910.6No daily shopsno figures
Abbenans25206 km S32110.1No daily shopsno figures
Vauxrezis02230 km W32310.3No daily shopsno figures
Ouzouer-sous-Bellegarde45330 km SW31113.7No daily shopsno figures
Orsonville78351 km W32514.4No daily shopsno figures
Villez-sous-Bailleul27370 km W31214.2No daily shopsno figures

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