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Goviller

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Pays du Saintois · INSEE 54235

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

Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Goviller (INSEE 54235) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Pays du Saintois. Population 418 (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/54235-goviller

Vitality score

Vitality score 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,955 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 trend0.74107.44
Housing mix0.9954.95

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 (AUBERGE LA LORRAINE PERDUE). [3]

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]
Restaurant1AUBERGE LA LORRAINE PERDUEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 333 peak 2017: 425 2023: 418 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 409 (2012) → 418 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 336 (1990) → 418 (2023): 24.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 198, of which 0.5 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 2.6 km S (Lalœuf)Primary school — 4.6 km NW (Crépey)Bakery — 5.0 km SW (Favières)GP — 6.0 km E (Vézelise)Pharmacy — 6.2 km E (Vézelise)
Food shop — 2.6 km SPrimary school — 4.6 km NWBakery — 5.0 km SWGP — 6.0 km EPharmacy — 6.2 km E 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 (Favières): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lalœuf): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Vézelise): 6 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Vézelise): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Crépey): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 10.1 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 282 m. [12]

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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 10.1 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. [12]

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. [12]

An average of 840 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at OGNEVILLE, 4.8 km away at 300 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 85,000 € — 979 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Meurthe-et-Moselle is 1,727 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54235/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54235/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54235/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54235/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54189
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54291
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54563
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54143
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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
Époye51157 km NW41620.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Beaufort-Blavincourt62322 km NW40319.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Schopperten6791 km NE40725.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bouconvillers60310 km W42321.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sandarville28344 km W42324.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ectot-lès-Baons76400 km W39820.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Schopperten6791 km NE40725.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Époye51157 km NW41620.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bouconvillers60310 km W42321.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Beaufort-Blavincourt62322 km NW40319.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Sandarville28344 km W42324.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ectot-lès-Baons76400 km W39820.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · 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 Goviller'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
Époye51157 km NW41620.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Schopperten6791 km NE40725.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bouconvillers60310 km W42321.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sandarville28344 km W42324.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Quatremare27369 km W45024.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Potelle59257 km NW43921.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %