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Bréhain-la-Ville

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Coeur du Pays Haut · INSEE 54096

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 17.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bréhain-la-Ville (INSEE 54096) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Coeur du Pays Haut. Population 463 (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/54096-brehain-la-ville

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 17,923 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9754.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 225 2023: 463 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 309 (2012) → 463 (2023): 49.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 183 (1990) → 463 (2023): 153 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 1.6 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.3 km SE (Errouville)GP — 2.6 km N (Tiercelet)Pharmacy — 3.4 km E (Crusnes)Bakery — 3.6 km E (Crusnes)Food shop — 3.9 km NE (Villerupt)
Primary school — 2.3 km SEGP — 2.6 km NPharmacy — 3.4 km EBakery — 3.6 km EFood shop — 3.9 km NE 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 (Crusnes): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Villerupt): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Tiercelet): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Crusnes): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Errouville): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the ERROUVILLE_SAPC weather station, 2.7 km away at 373 m; the village itself is at 418 m. [12]

An average of 975 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ERROUVILLE_SAPC, 2.7 km away at 373 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

23 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 287,000 € — 2,462 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Meurthe-et-Moselle is 1,727 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [13]

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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54096/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54096/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54096/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54096/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54149
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54580
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54525
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54181
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Messon10195 km SW46517.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne01374 km S45617.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 85 %
Fay-les-Étangs60287 km W47317.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %
Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe5743 km SE46212.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Sainte-Anne41399 km SW47617.5No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Servigny-lès-Raville5757 km SE47616No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe5743 km SE46212.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Servigny-lès-Raville5757 km SE47616No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Messon10195 km SW46517.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Fay-les-Étangs60287 km W47317.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %
Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne01374 km S45617.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 85 %
Sainte-Anne41399 km SW47617.5No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %

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