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Zarbeling

Moselle · CC du Saulnois · INSEE 57759

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

No daily shops 16.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Zarbeling (INSEE 57759) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Saulnois. Population 68 (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/57759-zarbeling

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 7,173 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 trend0.89108.88
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: 71 2023: 68 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 67 (2012) → 68 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 49 (1990) → 68 (2023): 38.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 30, of which 0 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.0 km NE (Rodalbe)Bakery — 4.6 km W (Riche)GP — 4.8 km NW (Morhange)Food shop — 4.9 km NW (Morhange)Pharmacy — 5.1 km NW (Morhange)
Primary school — 2.0 km NEBakery — 4.6 km WGP — 4.8 km NWFood shop — 4.9 km NWPharmacy — 5.1 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 (Riche): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Morhange): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Morhange): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Morhange): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Rodalbe): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the RODALBE weather station, 2.2 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 242 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at RODALBE, 2.2 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. [11]

An average of 758 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at RODALBE, 2.2 km away at 258 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57759/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57759/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57759/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57759/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57580
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57483
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57587
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Erbéviller-sur-Amezule5428 km SW6811.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Glatens82710 km SW6817.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 58 %
Aubercourt80317 km W6917.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Vacquerie-le-Boucq62357 km NW676.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 55 %
Tilleux8896 km SW6711No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Thésy39227 km S7011.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Erbéviller-sur-Amezule5428 km SW6811.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tilleux8896 km SW6711No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Thésy39227 km S7011.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Aubercourt80317 km W6917.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Vacquerie-le-Boucq62357 km NW676.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 55 %
Glatens82710 km SW6817.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 58 %

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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 Zarbeling'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Erbéviller-sur-Amezule5428 km SW6811.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-sous-Praslin10202 km SW6610.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Trésauvaux5582 km W7114.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Usage10177 km SW689No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Poix51151 km W687.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Prancher8881 km SW667.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %