Grand-Failly

Identity

Grand-Failly (INSEE 54236) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Terre Lorraine du Longuyonnais. Population 356 (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/54236-grand-failly

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 18,059 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE JULOS BEAUCARNE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 309 (2012) → 356 (2023): 15.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 294 (1990) → 356 (2023): 21.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 174, of which 6.3 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Longuyon): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marville): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Longuyon): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VILLETTE weather station, 8.4 km away at 345 m; the village itself is at 218 m. ^[12]

The village sits 127 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 VILLETTE, 8.4 km away at 345 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 127 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 922 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LONGUYON, 7.4 km away at 257 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

25 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 158,000 € — 1,285 € 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 — 54236/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54236/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54236/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54236/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55461
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54322
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55324
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54476
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025