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Bayonville-sur-Mad

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Mad et Moselle · INSEE 54055

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

Few services 27.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bayonville-sur-Mad (INSEE 54055) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Mad et Moselle. Population 331 (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/54055-bayonville-sur-mad

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 18,007 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.52105.22
Housing mix0.9554.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON SCHERER). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZERIA TEMPIO). [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE GABRIEL GOBRON). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MAISON SCHERERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1PIZZERIA TEMPIOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE GABRIEL GOBRONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 370 peak 1975: 395 2023: 331 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 325 (2012) → 331 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 324 (1990) → 331 (2023): 2.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 150, of which 2.7 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.2 km W (Vandelainville)Food shop — 3.6 km SE (Pagny-sur-Moselle)GP — 4.0 km SE (Pagny-sur-Moselle)Pharmacy — 4.1 km SE (Pagny-sur-Moselle)
In the commune Bakery Primary school — 1.2 km WFood shop — 3.6 km SEGP — 4.0 km SEPharmacy — 4.1 km SE 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 (Bayonville-sur-Mad): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pagny-sur-Moselle): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Pagny-sur-Moselle): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Pagny-sur-Moselle): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Vandelainville): 1.2 km to the west (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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS weather station, 16.1 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 184 m. [11]

The village sits 51 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]

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

Humidity measured at DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS, 16.1 km away at 235 m, over 20 summers. [11]

That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PAGNY-SUR-MOSELLE, 4.5 km away at 179 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 — 54055/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54055/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54055/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54055/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54055
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54415
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54544
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle24569 km SW30732.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Bonrepos-Riquet31681 km SW32425.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Charrey-sur-Saône21223 km S33126.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Charmes-la-Côte5445 km S31521Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Imoges51147 km W33022.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Allonnes28327 km W32123.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Charmes-la-Côte5445 km S31521Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Imoges51147 km W33022.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Charrey-sur-Saône21223 km S33126.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Allonnes28327 km W32123.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle24569 km SW30732.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Bonrepos-Riquet31681 km SW32425.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Bayonville-sur-Mad'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
Charrey-sur-Saône21223 km S33126.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montarlot-lès-Rioz70177 km S31329.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vouzy51138 km W29924Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenois-lès-Montbozon70171 km S30521.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Froideterre70151 km S35928.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Crempigny-Bonneguête74341 km S32530.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %