Faulx

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Bassin de Pompey · INSEE 54188

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Faulx (INSEE 54188) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Bassin de Pompey. Population 1,370 (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/54188-faulx

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 12,266 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.88
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.71	10	7.07
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AMANDINE BERTHAULT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE LUCHINI, MÉDECIN · ALEXIS RETOURNAY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAISON POUR TOUS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SUPER	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	AMANDINE BERTHAULT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE LUCHINI, MÉDECIN · ALEXIS RETOURNAY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	FAULX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAISON POUR TOUS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 859 2023: 1,370 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,311 (2012) → 1,370 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,135 (1990) → 1,370 (2023): 20.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 508, of which 0.4 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.9 km WBakery — 4.2 km W 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 (Custines): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Faulx): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Faulx): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Custines): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Faulx): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 78.8

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NOMENY weather station, 10.3 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 231 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHAMPENOUX-ARBO-INRAE, 11.3 km away at 255 m, over 17 summers. ^[10]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NOMENY, 10.3 km away at 208 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 — 54188/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54188/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54188/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54188/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54150
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54188
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
Dauendorf	67	107 km E	1,418	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais	37	444 km W	1,067	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-Beauvoir	31	686 km SW	1,254	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 %
Aspach-le-Bas	68	134 km SE	1,262	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Guémar	68	111 km SE	1,490	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léon	31	698 km SW	1,265	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 38 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dauendorf	67	107 km E	1,418	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Guémar	68	111 km SE	1,490	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Aspach-le-Bas	68	134 km SE	1,262	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais	37	444 km W	1,067	30	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-Beauvoir	31	686 km SW	1,254	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Léon	31	698 km SW	1,265	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 38 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Faulx'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
Buironfosse	02	215 km NW	1,122	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Livry-Louvercy	51	142 km W	1,074	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Deyvillers	88	70 km S	1,379	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Retonfey	57	39 km N	1,327	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saizerais	54	11 km W	1,453	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Willerwald	57	66 km NE	1,517	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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