Schneckenbusch

Moselle · CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud · INSEE 57637

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

Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Schneckenbusch (INSEE 57637) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. Population 314 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,926 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.63	10	6.29
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

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

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]

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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 242 2023: 314 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 299 (2012) → 314 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 278 (1990) → 314 (2023): 12.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 2.2 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km EPharmacy — 2.3 km EBakery — 2.4 km EGP — 3.6 km NW 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 (Niderviller): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Niderviller): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sarrebourg): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Niderviller): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Schneckenbusch): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 74.7

Muggy days a summer 1

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUHL-LORRAINE weather station, 1.6 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 268 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BUHL-LORRAINE, 1.6 km away at 258 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

An average of 815 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BUHL-LORRAINE, 1.6 km away at 258 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 — 57637/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57637/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57637/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57637/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57505
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57630
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57637
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
Berling	57	16 km NE	313	22.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Mainvillers	57	52 km NW	318	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Tilloloy	80	332 km W	318	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Gernelle	08	202 km NW	314	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Troussencourt	60	365 km W	314	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Campagne	34	595 km SW	318	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Berling	57	16 km NE	313	22.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Mainvillers	57	52 km NW	318	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Gernelle	08	202 km NW	314	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Tilloloy	80	332 km W	318	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Troussencourt	60	365 km W	314	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Campagne	34	595 km SW	318	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Schneckenbusch'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
Mainvillers	57	52 km NW	318	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Adelans-et-le-Val-de-Bithaine	70	122 km SW	311	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Reppe	90	116 km S	322	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Plessis-Placy	77	301 km W	305	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Grosne	90	126 km S	321	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Épagny	21	205 km SW	328	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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