Bénaménil

Identity

Bénaménil (INSEE 54061) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Territoire de Lunéville à Baccarat. Population 592 (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/54061-benamenil

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,156 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE RENE GAILLARD). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOPHIE LARUELLE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BENAMENIL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE NICOLE BADINA). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE DE BENAMENIL RENE GAILLARD). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 558 (2012) → 592 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 527 (1990) → 592 (2023): 12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 264, of which 5.3 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Laneuveville-aux-Bois): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marainviller): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bénaménil): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Clément): 6.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bénaménil): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST MAURICE weather station, 14.1 km away at 305 m; the village itself is at 243 m. ^[12]

The village sits 62 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST MAURICE, 14.1 km away at 305 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 62 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MARAINVILLER, 5.6 km away at 246 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54061/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54061/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54061/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54061/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54297
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54350
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54061
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54472
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024