Vahl-lès-Faulquemont

Moselle · CC du District Urbain de Faulquemont (DUF) · INSEE 57686

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

No daily shops 19.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vahl-lès-Faulquemont (INSEE 57686) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du District Urbain de Faulquemont (DUF). Population 244 (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 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,108 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	0.53	10	5.34
Housing mix	1	5	5

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 LA CLE DES CHAMPS). ^[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 LA CLE DES CHAMPS	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: 229 peak 2007: 266 2023: 244 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 243 (2012) → 244 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 236 (1990) → 244 (2023): 3.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 119, of which 0 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.2 km EFood shop — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 2.7 km NWGP — 3.4 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 (Guessling-Hémering): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Faulquemont): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Faulquemont): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Faulquemont): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vahl-lès-Faulquemont): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.3

Days at or below 0 °C 68

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LESSE_SAPC weather station, 10.9 km away at 233 m; the village itself is at 253 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at RODALBE, 13.8 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FAULQUEMONT, 3.8 km away at 291 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 — 57686/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57686/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57686/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57686/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57275
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57209
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57686
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
Pommier	62	317 km NW	244	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-au-Flos	62	293 km NW	245	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Buc	90	158 km S	244	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Russy-Bémont	60	267 km W	247	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 74 %
Parey-Saint-Césaire	54	69 km SW	248	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Frévillers	62	332 km NW	239	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Parey-Saint-Césaire	54	69 km SW	248	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Buc	90	158 km S	244	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Russy-Bémont	60	267 km W	247	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 74 %
Villers-au-Flos	62	293 km NW	245	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Pommier	62	317 km NW	244	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Frévillers	62	332 km NW	239	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · 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 Vahl-lès-Faulquemont'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
Buc	90	158 km S	244	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Many	57	8.0 km W	257	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chaudun	02	246 km W	238	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Hermelange	57	48 km SE	227	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Adelange	57	2.5 km SW	222	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Landroff	57	6.5 km S	259	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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