Houdelmont

Identity

Houdelmont (INSEE 54264) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Pays du Saintois. Population 363 (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/54264-houdelmont

Vitality score

Vitality score 25/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 18,039 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

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

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 247 (2012) → 363 (2023): 47 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 189 (1990) → 363 (2023): 92.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 0.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Autrey): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pulligny): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pulligny): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pulligny): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Houdelmont): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

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. ^[11]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 10.8 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 285 m. ^[11]

The village sits 51 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 10.8 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 840 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at OGNEVILLE, 6.8 km away at 300 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54264/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54264/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54264/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54264/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54032
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54437
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54264
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024