Soucht

Moselle · CC du Pays de Bitche · INSEE 57658

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soucht (INSEE 57658) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 1,013 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/57658-soucht

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 14,244 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.31	10	3.07
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX PLAISIRS DES PAINS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOUCHT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX PLAISIRS DES PAINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	SOUCHT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,304 peak 1975: 1,318 2023: 1,013 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,113 (2012) → 1,013 (2023): -9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,255 (1990) → 1,013 (2023): -19.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 565, of which 8.3 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.7 km NEGP — 4.4 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 (Soucht): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soucht): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montbronn): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Goetzenbruck): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Soucht): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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, 9 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 278 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 18.7 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 80 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, 9 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 — 57658/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57658/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57658/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57658/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57658
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57477
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
Mézières-en-Drouais	28	433 km W	1,059	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Méral	53	623 km W	1,053	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Ille	35	666 km W	1,017	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Ouzouer-sur-Trézée	45	364 km W	1,125	31	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 45 %
Sainneville	76	516 km W	891	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-Brouck	59	427 km NW	989	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 24 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ouzouer-sur-Trézée	45	364 km W	1,125	31	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 45 %
Saint-Pierre-Brouck	59	427 km NW	989	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 24 %
Mézières-en-Drouais	28	433 km W	1,059	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Sainneville	76	516 km W	891	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Méral	53	623 km W	1,053	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Ille	35	666 km W	1,017	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Soucht'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
Châteauroux-les-Alpes	05	487 km S	1,234	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Nancray	25	209 km SW	1,308	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Martignat	01	332 km SW	1,664	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Farges	01	328 km S	1,082	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montenois	25	170 km S	1,362	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis	73	418 km S	1,506	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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