Avricourt

Identity

Avricourt (INSEE 54035) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC de Vezouze en Piémont. Population 377 (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/54035-avricourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 18,049 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 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (TUTTA LA CASA D AMELIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE RENAISSANCE). ^[4]

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

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 400 (2012) → 377 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 524 (1990) → 377 (2023): -28.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 227, of which 4.4 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Avricourt): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avricourt): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avricourt): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Avricourt): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Avricourt): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST MAURICE weather station, 14.7 km away at 305 m; the village itself is at 293 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST MAURICE, 14.7 km away at 305 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,008 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BLAMONT, 5.3 km away at 270 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

23 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 80,000 € — 800 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

5 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 115,000 € — 291 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Meurthe-et-Moselle is 1,727 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54035/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54035/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54035/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54035/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57042
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54035
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025