Schorbach
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Schorbach (INSEE 57639) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 548 (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 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 17,507 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.34 | 10 | 3.44 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.34 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE LA SCHOR). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SCHORBACH RP). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AUX DELICES DE LA SCHOR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | 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 | 1 | SCHORBACH 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
Population 559 (2012) → 548 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 649 (1990) → 548 (2023): -15.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 287, of which 6.6 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Schorbach): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bitche): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Bitche): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bitche): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Schorbach): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VOLMUNSTER weather station, 5.3 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 304 m. [10]
The village sits 54 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 5.3 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 770 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VOLMUNSTER, 5.3 km away at 358 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
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. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57639/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57639/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57639/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57639/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57639
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57089
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perreuil | 71 | 329 km SW | 550 | 29.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sonnac | 17 | 680 km SW | 512 | 25.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 % |
| La Côte | 70 | 167 km S | 549 | 28.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Torcenay | 52 | 201 km SW | 546 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Taillée | 85 | 692 km SW | 550 | 30.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Réalcamp | 76 | 427 km W | 594 | 27.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Côte | 70 | 167 km S | 549 | 28.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Torcenay | 52 | 201 km SW | 546 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Perreuil | 71 | 329 km SW | 550 | 29.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Réalcamp | 76 | 427 km W | 594 | 27.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sonnac | 17 | 680 km SW | 512 | 25.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 % |
| La Taillée | 85 | 692 km SW | 550 | 30.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Schorbach'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torcenay | 52 | 201 km SW | 546 | 26.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tavaux-et-Pontséricourt | 02 | 264 km W | 543 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fontaine-Fourches | 77 | 303 km W | 576 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Remoncourt | 88 | 137 km SW | 567 | 28.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Voillecomte | 52 | 197 km W | 522 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Val-des-Marais | 51 | 253 km W | 549 | 21.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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