Schalbach

Identity

Schalbach (INSEE 57635) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. Population 372 (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/57635-schalbach

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 18,071 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB INTERCONFESSIONNELLE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 316 (2012) → 372 (2023): 17.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 300 (1990) → 372 (2023): 24 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 180, of which 2.8 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Weyer): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hirschland): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Drulingen): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Drulingen): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Schalbach): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PHALSBOURG_SAPC weather station, 11.8 km away at 377 m; the village itself is at 295 m. ^[12]

The village sits 82 m below 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 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PHALSBOURG_SAPC, 11.8 km away at 377 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

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. ^[12]

An average of 868 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PHALSBOURG_SAPC, 11.8 km away at 377 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

No price figures: this département keeps the livre foncier rather than the cadastre, so its transactions are not published in DVF at all. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57635/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57635/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57635/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57635/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67528
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67201
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67105
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57635
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025