Flin

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Territoire de Lunéville à Baccarat · INSEE 54199

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

Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Flin (INSEE 54199) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Territoire de Lunéville à Baccarat. Population 398 (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/54199-flin

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,984 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.66	10	6.6
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.27

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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (ARTISAN DES GASTRONOMES). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	ARTISAN DES GASTRONOMES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 425 2023: 398 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 384 (2012) → 398 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 343 (1990) → 398 (2023): 16 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 205, of which 7.3 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km EGP — 3.0 km EPharmacy — 3.1 km EFood shop — 3.2 km SE 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 (Azerailles): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Azerailles): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Azerailles): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Azerailles): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Flin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.9

Days at or below 0 °C 67.4

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST MAURICE weather station, 14.1 km away at 305 m; the village itself is at 251 m. ^[10]

The village sits 54 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST MAURICE, 14.1 km away at 305 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,020 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BACCARAT, 8.1 km away at 272 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 — 54199/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54199/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54199/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54199/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54199
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
Vaudreuille	31	670 km SW	392	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %
Douy-la-Ramée	77	284 km W	395	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière	33	663 km SW	392	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Boissey	01	266 km SW	396	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Lactencin	36	425 km SW	405	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Champrond-en-Perchet	28	428 km W	388	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boissey	01	266 km SW	396	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Douy-la-Ramée	77	284 km W	395	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Lactencin	36	425 km SW	405	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Champrond-en-Perchet	28	428 km W	388	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière	33	663 km SW	392	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Vaudreuille	31	670 km SW	392	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 41 % · 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 Flin'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
Douy-la-Ramée	77	284 km W	395	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Champrond-en-Perchet	28	428 km W	388	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Gimouille	58	318 km SW	405	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rosnay	51	221 km NW	423	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Dreuilhe	09	720 km SW	360	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Mennessis	02	280 km NW	419	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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