Xouaxange

Moselle · CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud · INSEE 57756

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Xouaxange (INSEE 57756) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Sarrebourg Moselle Sud. Population 325 (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/57756-xouaxange

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,997 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.6
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU MESNIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA COLOMBE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	AUBERGE DU MESNIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA COLOMBE	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: 215 peak 1999: 363 2023: 325 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 339 (2012) → 325 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 258 (1990) → 325 (2023): 26 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 1.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.9 km WFood shop — 2.9 km SPharmacy — 3.2 km SBakery — 4.2 km NE 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 (Sarrebourg): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lorquin): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Héming): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lorquin): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Xouaxange): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.7

Days at or below 0 °C 79.2

Muggy days a summer 1

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NITTING_SAPC weather station, 4.1 km away at 266 m; the village itself is at 269 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at BUHL-LORRAINE, 6.5 km away at 258 m, over 13 summers. ^[12]

An average of 922 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NITTING_SAPC, 4.1 km away at 266 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57756/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57756/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57756/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57756/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57630
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57414
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57314
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57756
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
Dimbsthal	67	27 km E	326	31	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Doignies	59	329 km NW	325	31.8	Few services	no figures
Morcourt	80	342 km NW	327	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Sachin	62	388 km NW	323	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Brognon	21	198 km SW	317	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lamotte-Buleux	80	409 km NW	328	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dimbsthal	67	27 km E	326	31	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Brognon	21	198 km SW	317	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Doignies	59	329 km NW	325	31.8	Few services	no figures
Morcourt	80	342 km NW	327	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Sachin	62	388 km NW	323	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Lamotte-Buleux	80	409 km NW	328	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · 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 Xouaxange'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
Brognon	21	198 km SW	317	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Glay	25	144 km S	339	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Coinches	88	50 km S	346	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fallon	70	138 km S	306	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenoy-la-Joûte	54	37 km SW	311	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Roville-aux-Chênes	88	45 km SW	350	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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