Belleau

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC de Seille et Grand Couronné · INSEE 54059

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

Few services 29.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Belleau (INSEE 54059) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC de Seille et Grand Couronné. Population 766 (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/54059-belleau

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 15,909 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.3
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.79

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 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LA MOUNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	LA MOUNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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: 612 peak 2012: 811 2023: 766 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 811 (2012) → 766 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 678 (1990) → 766 (2023): 13 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 341, of which 2.1 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.3 km SFood shop — 4.5 km SPharmacy — 4.8 km SWBakery — 5.0 km SW 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 (Custines): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Faulx): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Faulx): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Custines): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Belleau): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 78.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NOMENY weather station, 7 km away at 208 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 CHAMPENOUX-ARBO-INRAE, 14.7 km away at 255 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NOMENY, 7 km away at 208 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

43 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 166,600 € — 1,262 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Meurthe-et-Moselle is 1,727 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54059/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54059/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54059/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54059/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54150
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54188
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54059
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Lescheroux	01	280 km S	726	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 78 %
Étaimpuis	76	375 km W	880	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès	07	477 km S	824	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Combas	30	576 km S	780	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Rivière	37	477 km W	699	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Bort-l'Étang	63	397 km SW	727	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lescheroux	01	280 km S	726	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 78 %
Étaimpuis	76	375 km W	880	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 47 %
Bort-l'Étang	63	397 km SW	727	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès	07	477 km S	824	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Rivière	37	477 km W	699	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Combas	30	576 km S	780	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Belleau'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
Mésigny	74	316 km S	804	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice	73	364 km S	821	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vry	57	42 km N	631	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cercier	74	312 km S	734	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Domèvre-sur-Avière	88	70 km S	439	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Laning	57	48 km NE	579	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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