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Domgermain

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Terres Touloises · INSEE 54162

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

Few services 29.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Domgermain (INSEE 54162) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Terres Touloises. Population 1,120 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/54162-domgermain

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 13,670 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
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.88
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.62106.18
Housing mix0.9854.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ECOLE PRIMAIRE RPIC DE DOMGERMAIN). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHEL FERNANDES DA SILVA, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS MEYER, MÉDECIN · ANNE ROHOWYJ, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (TETE EN L'HAIR). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [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)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ECOLE PRIMAIRE RPIC DE DOMGERMAININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3MICHEL FERNANDES DA SILVA, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS MEYER, MÉDECIN · ANNE ROHOWYJ, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1DOMGERMAIN APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1TETE EN L'HAIRINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 756 peak 2012: 1,262 2023: 1,120 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,262 (2012) → 1,120 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,002 (1990) → 1,120 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 505, of which 1 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.9 km S (Charmes-la-Côte)Pharmacy — 4.3 km N (Écrouves)Food shop — 4.8 km NE (Écrouves)
In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.9 km SPharmacy — 4.3 km NFood shop — 4.8 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 (Charmes-la-Côte): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Écrouves): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Domgermain): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Écrouves): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Domgermain): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]

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 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 12.1 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 292 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 12.1 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 981 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BULLIGNY, 7.3 km away at 291 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54162/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54162/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54162/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54162/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54120
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54174
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54162
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villers-les-Pots21163 km S1,22030.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 99 %
Bussac-sur-Charente17582 km SW1,32132Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Merxheim68136 km SE1,39631.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel34560 km S1,24630.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Kédange-sur-Canner5783 km NE1,12131.1Few servicesno figures
Ouches42323 km SW1,13828.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Kédange-sur-Canner5783 km NE1,12131.1Few servicesno figures
Merxheim68136 km SE1,39631.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villers-les-Pots21163 km S1,22030.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 99 %
Ouches42323 km SW1,13828.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel34560 km S1,24630.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Bussac-sur-Charente17582 km SW1,32132Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Domgermain'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ô-de-Selle80294 km NW1,14830.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mary-sur-Marne77209 km W1,15526.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont-sur-Vesle51134 km NW76735.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Darnieulles8863 km SE1,36427.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cauvigny60271 km W1,66930.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Liverdy-en-Brie77224 km W1,41031.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %