Walscheid

Moselle · CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud · INSEE 57742

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

Few services 23.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Walscheid (INSEE 57742) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. Population 1,459 (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/57742-walscheid

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 11,845 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.4	10	3.98
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 PATISSERIE LITTNER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (WALSCHEID RP). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (ETANG). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LOOK AND COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE LITTNER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	1	WALSCHEID RP	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	1	ETANG	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LOOK AND COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,709 peak 1975: 1,742 2023: 1,459 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,609 (2012) → 1,459 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,624 (1990) → 1,459 (2023): -10.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 835, of which 11 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km NWGP — 3.0 km NWPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Walscheid): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Troisfontaines): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Troisfontaines): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Troisfontaines): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.5

Days at or below 0 °C 84.8

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 85 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NITTING_SAPC weather station, 8.8 km away at 266 m; the village itself is at 323 m. ^[10]

The village sits 57 m above 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 BUHL-LORRAINE, 8.9 km away at 258 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 65 m below 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 1,124 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST QUIRIN, 7.9 km away at 305 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 — 57742/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57742/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57742/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57742/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57742
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57680
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
Clermont-Créans	72	541 km W	1,293	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Montsenelle	50	634 km W	1,450	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 9 %
Taintrux	88	49 km S	1,439	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Senouillac	81	659 km SW	1,123	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Digny	28	441 km W	1,003	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Savigny-en-Véron	37	546 km W	1,541	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Taintrux	88	49 km S	1,439	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Digny	28	441 km W	1,003	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Clermont-Créans	72	541 km W	1,293	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-en-Véron	37	546 km W	1,541	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Montsenelle	50	634 km W	1,450	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 9 %
Senouillac	81	659 km SW	1,123	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Walscheid'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
Taintrux	88	49 km S	1,439	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chanat-la-Mouteyre	63	443 km SW	950	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Arsac-en-Velay	43	475 km SW	1,219	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Neufgrange	57	48 km N	1,364	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Loubeyrat	63	434 km SW	1,437	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bilieu	38	376 km S	1,578	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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