Lesménils

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Bassin de Pont-à-Mousson · INSEE 54312

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

Few services 39.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lesménils (INSEE 54312) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Bassin de Pont-à-Mousson. Population 506 (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 39.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,753 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	0.81	20	16.14
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.61	10	6.15
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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]

4 × Restaurant (DEJBOX SERVICES · MADELA · PIZZBURG). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hotel (CAMPANILE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	4	DEJBOX SERVICES · MADELA · PIZZBURG	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	1	CAMPANILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 213 2023: 506 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 500 (2012) → 506 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 454 (1990) → 506 (2023): 11.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 230, of which 1.3 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.2 km NEFood shop — 3.5 km SWBakery — 4.4 km SWPharmacy — 4.5 km SW 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 (Pont-à-Mousson): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pont-à-Mousson): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cheminot): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pont-à-Mousson): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lesménils): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 78.8

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 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NOMENY weather station, 11.2 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 207 m. ^[11]

An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PAGNY-SUR-MOSELLE, 7.7 km away at 179 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54312/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54312/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54312/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54312/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54431
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57137
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54312
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
Morlincourt	60	234 km W	500	37	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 57 %
Courcelles-de-Touraine	37	459 km W	483	42.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 54 %
Chivy-lès-Étouvelles	02	194 km W	484	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 %
Forest-en-Cambrésis	59	227 km NW	549	37.3	Few services	no figures
Auchy-au-Bois	62	323 km NW	548	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 45 %
Saint-Jean-aux-Amognes	58	297 km SW	547	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chivy-lès-Étouvelles	02	194 km W	484	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 %
Forest-en-Cambrésis	59	227 km NW	549	37.3	Few services	no figures
Morlincourt	60	234 km W	500	37	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Jean-aux-Amognes	58	297 km SW	547	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Auchy-au-Bois	62	323 km NW	548	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 45 %
Courcelles-de-Touraine	37	459 km W	483	42.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 54 %

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