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Valmestroff

Moselle · CC de l'Arc Mosellan · INSEE 57689

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 17.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valmestroff (INSEE 57689) is in Moselle (57), part of CC de l'Arc Mosellan. Population 364 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/57689-valmestroff

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 18,057 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix155

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 142 2023: 364 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 253 (2012) → 364 (2023): 43.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 231 (1990) → 364 (2023): 57.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 160, of which 0 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.5 km E (Elzange)Primary school — 2.1 km NE (Elzange)GP — 3.3 km NW (Basse-Ham)Food shop — 3.5 km NW (Basse-Ham)Pharmacy — 3.9 km N (Kœnigsmacker)
Bakery — 1.5 km EPrimary school — 2.1 km NEGP — 3.3 km NWFood shop — 3.5 km NWPharmacy — 3.9 km N 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 (Elzange): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Basse-Ham): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Basse-Ham): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Kœnigsmacker): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Elzange): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57689/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57689/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57689/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57689/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57191
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57287
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57370

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Éblange5722 km SE36016.9No daily shopsno figures
Westhouse-Marmoutier67115 km SE37217.6No daily shopsno figures
Mignavillers70199 km S36512.4No daily shopsno figures
Gottesheim67110 km SE35814.6No daily shopsno figures
Lixhausen67113 km SE36417.2No daily shopsno figures
Fontenoy-sur-Moselle5475 km S36517.5No daily shopsno figures
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Éblange5722 km SE36016.9No daily shopsno figures
Fontenoy-sur-Moselle5475 km S36517.5No daily shopsno figures
Gottesheim67110 km SE35814.6No daily shopsno figures
Lixhausen67113 km SE36417.2No daily shopsno figures
Westhouse-Marmoutier67115 km SE37217.6No daily shopsno figures
Mignavillers70199 km S36512.4No daily shopsno figures

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