Fontenoy-la-Joûte

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Territoire de Lunéville à Baccarat · INSEE 54201

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

Few services 27.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontenoy-la-Joûte (INSEE 54201) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Territoire de Lunéville à Baccarat. Population 311 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,918 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	0.62	10	6.19
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

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 (RESTAURANT L'IMPRIMERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[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	RESTAURANT L'IMPRIMERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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: 340 2023: 311 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 273 (2012) → 311 (2023): 13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 278 (1990) → 311 (2023): 11.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 5.8 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.3 km NEBakery — 4.4 km NEPharmacy — 4.5 km NEGP — 4.7 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 (Azerailles): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Azerailles): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Azerailles): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Azerailles): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fontenoy-la-Joûte): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 73.9

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST MAURICE weather station, 15.2 km away at 305 m; the village itself is at 285 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST MAURICE, 15.2 km away at 305 m, over 23 summers. ^[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, 6 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 — 54201/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54201/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54201/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54201/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54201
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
Laubach	67	91 km NE	311	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Cormont	62	426 km NW	309	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
La Champenoise	36	401 km SW	310	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Estrée	62	419 km NW	304	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Mignères	45	302 km W	308	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Clux-Villeneuve	71	199 km SW	303	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 62 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laubach	67	91 km NE	311	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Clux-Villeneuve	71	199 km SW	303	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 62 %
Mignères	45	302 km W	308	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
La Champenoise	36	401 km SW	310	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Estrée	62	419 km NW	304	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Cormont	62	426 km NW	309	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Fontenoy-la-Joûte'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
Laubach	67	91 km NE	311	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Fallon	70	106 km S	306	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Loudrefing	57	47 km N	290	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Brognon	21	162 km SW	317	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Coinches	88	35 km SE	346	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Roville-aux-Chênes	88	8.9 km SW	350	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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