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Lucey

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Terres Touloises · INSEE 54327

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lucey (INSEE 54327) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Terres Touloises. Population 623 (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/54327-lucey

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 16,844 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.62106.16
Housing mix0.9554.73

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 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (LE QUAI VOYAGES ET SAVEURS · AUBERGE DU PRESSOIR). [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SINDY COIFFE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

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
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]
Restaurant2LE QUAI VOYAGES ET SAVEURS · AUBERGE DU PRESSOIRINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser1SINDY COIFFE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 538 peak 2017: 633 2023: 623 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 570 (2012) → 623 (2023): 9.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 558 (1990) → 623 (2023): 11.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 299, of which 2.7 % second homes and 10 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 1.4 km N (Lagney)GP — 2.2 km SE (Bruley)Pharmacy — 4.7 km S (Écrouves)Food shop — 5.1 km SE (Écrouves)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km NGP — 2.2 km SEPharmacy — 4.7 km SFood shop — 5.1 km SE 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 (Lagney): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Écrouves): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Bruley): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Écrouves): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Lucey): 0.1 km to the north (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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 18 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 262 m. [12]

The village sits 74 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, 18 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 74 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 981 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BULLIGNY, 15.7 km away at 291 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54327/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54327/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54327/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54327/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54288
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54174
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54102
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54327
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Vallangoujard95276 km W62527.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Parigny42331 km SW62929.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Signy-Signets77204 km W63827.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Triors26407 km S63332.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Armou64757 km SW60928.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
Tellancourt5489 km N63332.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tellancourt5489 km N63332.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Signy-Signets77204 km W63827.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Vallangoujard95276 km W62527.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Parigny42331 km SW62929.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Triors26407 km S63332.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Armou64757 km SW60928.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Lucey'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
Les Écrennes77220 km W62828Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Forstheim67139 km E59927.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Janvry91270 km W65434.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Uhlwiller67135 km E66527Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bacqueville27333 km W61431.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Condécourt95287 km W56427Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %