Walschbronn

Identity

Walschbronn (INSEE 57741) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays de Bitche. Population 384 (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/57741-walschbronn

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 18,015 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.

Services

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE NATHALIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 495 (2012) → 384 (2023): -22.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 478 (1990) → 384 (2023): -19.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 258, of which 7 % second homes and 15.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Schorbach): 9.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Volmunster): 9.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bitche): 11.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Volmunster): 9.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Waldhouse): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

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. ^[12]

Measured at the VOLMUNSTER weather station, 7.8 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 259 m. ^[12]

The village sits 99 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VOLMUNSTER, 7.8 km away at 358 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 99 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 770 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VOLMUNSTER, 7.8 km away at 358 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57741/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57741/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57741/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57741/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57639
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57732
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57089
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57738
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024