Les Baroches

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Orne Lorraine Confluences · INSEE 54048

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

No daily shops 11.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Baroches (INSEE 54048) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Orne Lorraine Confluences. 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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 11.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.54	10	5.42
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[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

Type	Count	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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	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: 285 peak 2012: 379 2023: 325 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 379 (2012) → 325 (2023): -14.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 312 (1990) → 325 (2023): 4.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 165, of which 3.6 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.2 km NEGP — 3.7 km NEFood shop — 3.9 km EPharmacy — 4.1 km SEBakery — 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 (Val de Briey): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Val de Briey): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Val de Briey): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Valleroy): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lantéfontaine): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.6

Days at or below 0 °C 67.2

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS weather station, 9.1 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 228 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS, 9.1 km away at 235 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 771 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CONFLANS, 7.9 km away at 197 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54048/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54048/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54048/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54048/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54099
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54542
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54302
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
Jumelles	27	343 km W	324	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Arzillières-Neuville	51	115 km SW	322	13.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Bretagne	90	200 km SE	319	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Puisieux-et-Clanlieu	02	174 km NW	331	13.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Hannapes	02	183 km NW	320	13.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Sainte-Eusoye	60	267 km W	331	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arzillières-Neuville	51	115 km SW	322	13.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Puisieux-et-Clanlieu	02	174 km NW	331	13.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Hannapes	02	183 km NW	320	13.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Bretagne	90	200 km SE	319	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Eusoye	60	267 km W	331	17.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Jumelles	27	343 km W	324	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · 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 Les Baroches'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
Bretagne	90	200 km SE	319	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ferrières-les-Bois	25	225 km S	328	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fulleren	68	204 km SE	331	12.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sailly-Achâtel	57	44 km SE	324	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Merviller	54	106 km SE	327	13.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ueberstrass	68	209 km SE	333	12	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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