Vahl-lès-Bénestroff
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vahl-lès-Bénestroff (INSEE 57685) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Saulnois. Population 140 (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 14.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 47 % of the 13,571 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.21 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.35 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 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 | 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
Population 135 (2012) → 140 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 106 (1990) → 140 (2023): 32.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 62, of which 6.5 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Francaltroff): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bénestroff): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Grostenquin): 8.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Insming): 7.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Virming): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the RODALBE weather station, 6.8 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 235 m. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at RODALBE, 6.8 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. [13]
An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at BERMERING, 5.7 km away at 248 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57685/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57685/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57685/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57685/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57232
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57060
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57262
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57346
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57723
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castetner | 64 | 840 km SW | 140 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 % |
| Nesle-le-Repons | 51 | 225 km W | 141 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Housséville | 54 | 75 km SW | 139 | 10.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Moussy-Verneuil | 02 | 236 km W | 141 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Inaumont | 08 | 193 km NW | 138 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Willencourt | 62 | 369 km NW | 138 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 76 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housséville | 54 | 75 km SW | 139 | 10.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Inaumont | 08 | 193 km NW | 138 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nesle-le-Repons | 51 | 225 km W | 141 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moussy-Verneuil | 02 | 236 km W | 141 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Willencourt | 62 | 369 km NW | 138 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 76 % |
| Castetner | 64 | 840 km SW | 140 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 % |
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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 Vahl-lès-Bénestroff'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inaumont | 08 | 193 km NW | 138 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Magny-Jobert | 70 | 141 km S | 137 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Liocourt | 57 | 32 km W | 138 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buicourt | 60 | 367 km W | 143 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verneuil-sous-Coucy | 02 | 262 km W | 139 | 9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sternenberg | 68 | 137 km S | 142 | 15 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
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