Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche

Moselle · CC du Pays de Bitche · INSEE 57619

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 23.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche (INSEE 57619) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 445 (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/57619-saint-louis-les-bitche

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,952 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.19	10	1.94
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GRABHERR HUGUETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ CAMBEL KEBAB). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT LOUIS LES BITCHE RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	GRABHERR HUGUETTE	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	1	CHEZ CAMBEL KEBAB	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	SAINT LOUIS LES BITCHE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 708 2023: 445 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 520 (2012) → 445 (2023): -14.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 641 (1990) → 445 (2023): -30.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 280, of which 2.5 % second homes and 20 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 2.2 km NWGP — 2.2 km EPharmacy — 2.2 km SEPrimary school — 2.3 km SE 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 (Montbronn): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Louis-lès-Bitche): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Goetzenbruck): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Goetzenbruck): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Goetzenbruck): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.9

Days at or below 0 °C 95.6▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MOUTERHOUSE weather station, 7.2 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 276 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 15.3 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 82 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 960 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MOUTERHOUSE, 7.2 km away at 265 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57619/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57619/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57619/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57619/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57477
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57619
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57250
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
La Grimaudière	86	598 km W	392	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Walschbronn	57	20 km NE	384	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Oiselay-et-Grachaux	70	204 km SW	437	22.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Montdragon	81	705 km SW	614	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 32 % · humidity 79 %
Gomelange	57	70 km NW	476	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
La Malmaison	02	252 km W	403	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Walschbronn	57	20 km NE	384	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Gomelange	57	70 km NW	476	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Oiselay-et-Grachaux	70	204 km SW	437	22.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
La Malmaison	02	252 km W	403	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
La Grimaudière	86	598 km W	392	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 42 % · humidity 86 %
Montdragon	81	705 km SW	614	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 32 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Saint-Louis-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
Igornay	71	309 km SW	515	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Meussia	39	302 km SW	438	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Florimont	90	166 km S	473	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Vèze	25	219 km SW	493	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Valencogne	38	411 km S	666	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Solignat	63	499 km SW	510	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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