Bouxières-aux-Chênes

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC de Seille et Grand Couronné · INSEE 54089

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

Few services 29.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouxières-aux-Chênes (INSEE 54089) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC de Seille et Grand Couronné. Population 1,415 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 12,047 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.6	10	6.02
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 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) (LE FOURNIL DE VINCENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LITTLE ITALIA). ^[3,4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE LORRAIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOUXIERES AUX CHENES AP). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (MARILOA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE VINCENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LITTLE ITALIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	PHILIPPE LORRAIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BOUXIERES AUX CHENES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	3	MARILOA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 780 peak 2012: 1,424 2023: 1,415 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,424 (2012) → 1,415 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,284 (1990) → 1,415 (2023): 10.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 657, of which 1.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune GP Bakery — 0.6 km SEFood shop — 0.6 km SEPrimary school — 3.5 km NPharmacy — 3.8 km N 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 (Bouxières-aux-Chênes): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bouxières-aux-Chênes): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bouxières-aux-Chênes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Leyr): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Leyr): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 61.8

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAMPENOUX-ARBO-INRAE weather station, 6.3 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 298 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHAMPENOUX-ARBO-INRAE, 6.3 km away at 255 m, over 17 summers. ^[10]

An average of 731 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHAMPENOUX-ARBO-INRAE, 6.3 km away at 255 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54089/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54089/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54089/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54089/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54315
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
Saint-Romain-la-Motte	42	344 km SW	1,436	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Angliers	17	612 km SW	1,447	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Denée	49	533 km W	1,449	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Lanhouarneau	29	769 km W	1,282	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Alairac	11	694 km SW	1,395	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 %
Nieulle-sur-Seudre	17	642 km SW	1,220	40.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Romain-la-Motte	42	344 km SW	1,436	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Denée	49	533 km W	1,449	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Angliers	17	612 km SW	1,447	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Nieulle-sur-Seudre	17	642 km SW	1,220	40.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Alairac	11	694 km SW	1,395	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 47 % · humidity 50 %
Lanhouarneau	29	769 km W	1,282	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 34 % · 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 Bouxières-aux-Chênes'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
La Séauve-sur-Semène	43	415 km S	1,456	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mellecey	71	246 km SW	1,348	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bétheniville	51	150 km NW	1,259	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plauzat	63	422 km SW	1,641	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Crespières	78	318 km W	1,719	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Gorze	57	37 km NW	1,120	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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