Volmunster

Moselle · CC du Pays de Bitche · INSEE 57732

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

Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Volmunster (INSEE 57732) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 777 (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/57732-volmunster

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 15,828 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.46	10	4.59
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (BOULANGERIE MAURER PERE ET FILS). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (L'ARGOUSIER · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE MOULIN D'ESCHVILLER · LA TABLE DE VERO). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LE PETIT PRINCE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ADOLPHE YVON). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE VOLMUNSTER). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL PAYS DE BITCHE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE MAURER PERE ET FILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	ESPACE CMK	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	4	L'ARGOUSIER · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE MOULIN D'ESCHVILLER · LA TABLE DE VERO	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LE PETIT PRINCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ADOLPHE YVON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE VOLMUNSTER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	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	1	CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL PAYS DE BITCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 718 peak 1999: 896 2023: 777 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 844 (2012) → 777 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 810 (1990) → 777 (2023): -4.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 387, of which 0.8 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 9.2 km SE 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 (Volmunster): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Bitche): 9.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Volmunster): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Volmunster): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.6

Days at or below 0 °C 57.8

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VOLMUNSTER weather station, 1.9 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 251 m. ^[10]

The village sits 107 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, 1.9 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 107 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, 1.9 km away at 358 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57732/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57732/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57732/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57732/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57732
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57089
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
Pontigny	89	300 km SW	752	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Thèze	64	862 km SW	898	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 43 %
Champeaux	77	338 km W	810	61.4	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Seyches	47	738 km SW	1,063	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue	14	519 km W	763	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Allerey-sur-Saône	71	303 km SW	804	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pontigny	89	300 km SW	752	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Allerey-sur-Saône	71	303 km SW	804	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Champeaux	77	338 km W	810	61.4	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue	14	519 km W	763	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Seyches	47	738 km SW	1,063	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Thèze	64	862 km SW	898	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Volmunster'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
Pontigny	89	300 km SW	752	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Montmort-Lucy	51	260 km W	656	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Brin-sur-Seille	54	82 km SW	764	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saulnot	70	182 km S	758	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pierrepont	54	124 km W	824	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Heudebouville	27	445 km W	821	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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