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Charmois

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Meurthe Mortagne Moselle · INSEE 54121

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

No daily shops 19.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Charmois (INSEE 54121) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Meurthe Mortagne Moselle. Population 201 (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/54121-charmois

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 15,929 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.53105.26
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 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]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 103 2023: 201 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 175 (2012) → 201 (2023): 14.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 196 (1990) → 201 (2023): 2.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 95, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.9 km N (Damelevières)Primary school — 1.9 km N (Damelevières)Pharmacy — 2.0 km N (Damelevières)Food shop — 2.1 km NE (Blainville-sur-l'Eau)GP — 2.1 km NE (Blainville-sur-l'Eau)
Bakery — 1.9 km NPrimary school — 1.9 km NPharmacy — 2.0 km NFood shop — 2.1 km NEGP — 2.1 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 (Damelevières): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Blainville-sur-l'Eau): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Blainville-sur-l'Eau): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Damelevières): 2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Damelevières): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

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 — 54121/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54121/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54121/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54121/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54152
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54076

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
Aast64769 km SW20221.9Few servicesno figures
Mertzen68119 km SE20020Few servicesno figures
Braillans25139 km S20324.9Few servicesno figures
Étouvelles02232 km NW20819.1No daily shopsno figures
Heiwiller68124 km SE19019.9No daily shopsno figures
Trouans10158 km W20018.9No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mertzen68119 km SE20020Few servicesno figures
Heiwiller68124 km SE19019.9No daily shopsno figures
Braillans25139 km S20324.9Few servicesno figures
Trouans10158 km W20018.9No daily shopsno figures
Étouvelles02232 km NW20819.1No daily shopsno figures
Aast64769 km SW20221.9Few servicesno figures

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Elsewhere

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