Allain

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Pays de Colombey et du Sud Toulois · INSEE 54008

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

Few services 33.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Allain (INSEE 54008) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Pays de Colombey et du Sud Toulois. Population 490 (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/54008-allain

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,833 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.89	10	8.88
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

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 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (LE CHALET · TRICOIRE OSCAR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DE LA HAIE DES VIGNES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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	2	LE CHALET · TRICOIRE OSCAR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ETIENNE OLRY	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	1	HÔTEL DE LA HAIE DES VIGNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 274 2023: 490 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 464 (2012) → 490 (2023): 5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 353 (1990) → 490 (2023): 38.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 2 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km SWGP — 2.5 km SWBakery — 2.7 km SPharmacy — 2.8 km S 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 (Colombey-les-Belles): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Colombey-les-Belles): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Colombey-les-Belles): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Colombey-les-Belles): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Allain): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 60.7

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 5.1 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 301 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 5.1 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 5.1 km away at 336 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 — 54008/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54008/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54008/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54008/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54135
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54008
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
Montenach	57	103 km N	495	30.4	Few services	no figures
Saint-Bohaire	41	359 km W	500	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Escarmain	59	253 km NW	479	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Solignat	63	396 km SW	510	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bizots	71	230 km SW	471	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Sercus	59	346 km NW	486	31.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montenach	57	103 km N	495	30.4	Few services	no figures
Les Bizots	71	230 km SW	471	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Escarmain	59	253 km NW	479	27.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Sercus	59	346 km NW	486	31.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bohaire	41	359 km W	500	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Solignat	63	396 km SW	510	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · 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 Allain'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
Fontaine-Lavaganne	60	311 km NW	502	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fournival	60	277 km NW	519	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rezonville-Vionville	57	61 km N	517	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Essuiles	60	285 km NW	505	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lelling	57	80 km NE	458	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Crèvecœur-en-Brie	77	222 km W	437	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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