Vivant· Is the village alive?

Boucq

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Terres Touloises · INSEE 54086

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

Few services 21.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boucq (INSEE 54086) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Terres Touloises. Population 359 (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/54086-boucq

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 18,035 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.59105.88
Housing mix0.9454.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES LIGNIER). [3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES LIGNIERINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1BOUCQ APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 336 peak 2007: 376 2023: 359 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 369 (2012) → 359 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 330 (1990) → 359 (2023): 8.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 191, of which 3.1 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.4 km E (Lagney)GP — 6.7 km W (Euville)Food shop — 7.1 km S (Pagny-sur-Meuse)Pharmacy — 7.3 km S (Foug)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.4 km EGP — 6.7 km WFood shop — 7.1 km SPharmacy — 7.3 km S 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 (Lagney): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pagny-sur-Meuse): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Euville): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Foug): 7.3 km to the south (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Boucq): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [12]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54086/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54086/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54086/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54086/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54288
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55398
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55184
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54205
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54086

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
Laslades65750 km SW35726.5Few servicesno figures
Villacourt5454 km SE36019.4No daily shopsno figures
Clairegoutte70136 km SE34719.4No daily shopsno figures
Val-de-Mercy89200 km SW36322.9Few servicesno figures
Chérancé72415 km W35322.6Few servicesno figures
Ratenelle71253 km S36323.2Few servicesno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villacourt5454 km SE36019.4No daily shopsno figures
Clairegoutte70136 km SE34719.4No daily shopsno figures
Val-de-Mercy89200 km SW36322.9Few servicesno figures
Ratenelle71253 km S36323.2Few servicesno figures
Chérancé72415 km W35322.6Few servicesno figures
Laslades65750 km SW35726.5Few servicesno figures

Sort and compare these on the full list →