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Ludres

Meurthe-et-Moselle · Métropole du Grand Nancy · INSEE 54328

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ludres (INSEE 54328) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of Métropole du Grand Nancy. Population 5,843 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/54328-ludres

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 4,044 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 food0.37259.22
Social0.48209.7
Education0.39103.93
Health0.64106.44
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.44104.37
Housing mix0.9954.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 2 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · MAISON CHONE · SARL LINTINGRE · LA CHOUTERIE · GBF). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DU COIN DE LA RUE). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (MADOLEN SA · ALDI ENNERY). [3,4]

14 × Restaurant (ALLIANCES · SARL THE NEW COUNTRY · GREEN PUB · LA CABANE DU TRAPPEUR DE LUDRES · DI FOSSA). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PIERRE LOTI). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE LOTI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JACQUES MONOD). [3]

9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATHIEU POUCHER, MÉDECIN · MARGAUX DYBA, MÉDECIN · JUSTINE THOMAS, MÉDECIN · CINDIA NEVES, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS SEYVE, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE THOMAS · PHARMACIE DE L'ERABLE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Cinema (UGC CINE CITE). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF MARVINGT · ESPACE SEQUOIA). [3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL NVES-MAISONS LUDRES · CAISSE D'EPARGNE). [3]

5 × Hairdresser (SYLAL · LES 6O DE REGIS · LE FAUTEUIL D'EMY · COLORIST'MATIK). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL KYRIAD). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)5BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · MAISON CHONE · SARL LINTINGRE · LA CHOUTERIE · GBFINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1L'EPICERIE DU COIN DE LA RUEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket2MADOLEN SA · ALDI ENNERYINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant14ALLIANCES · SARL THE NEW COUNTRY · GREEN PUB · LA CABANE DU TRAPPEUR DE LUDRES · DI FOSSAINSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE PIERRE LOTIINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE LOTI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERTINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE JACQUES MONODINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)9MATHIEU POUCHER, MÉDECIN · MARGAUX DYBA, MÉDECIN · JUSTINE THOMAS, MÉDECIN · CINDIA NEVES, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS SEYVE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 9 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE THOMAS · PHARMACIE DE L'ERABLEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1UGC CINE CITEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall2COMPLEXE SPORTIF MARVINGT · ESPACE SEQUOIAINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL NVES-MAISONS LUDRES · CAISSE D'EPARGNEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser5SYLAL · LES 6O DE REGIS · LE FAUTEUIL D'EMY · COLORIST'MATIKINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1HOTEL KYRIADINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,239 peak 1999: 6,821 2023: 5,843 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,519 (2012) → 5,843 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 6,236 (1990) → 5,843 (2023): -6.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,713, of which 0.7 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Ludres): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ludres): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Ludres): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ludres): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Ludres): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

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 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the NANCY-ESSEY weather station, 8.6 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 296 m. [9]

The village sits 84 m above 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at NANCY-ESSEY, 8.6 km away at 212 m, over 30 summers. [9]

That station sits 84 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at NANCY-ESSEY, 8.6 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

What property sold for

223 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 259,500 € — 2,511 € per m² of built surface. [10]

78 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 134,525 € — 1,889 € per m². [10]

The median across Meurthe-et-Moselle is 1,727 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [10]

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 — 54328/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54328/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54328/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54328/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54328
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ludon-Médoc33655 km SW5,57841.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Les Trois-Bassins9749,156 km SE7,22158.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 9 % · humidity 0 %
Eschau67115 km E5,87845.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Buc78297 km W5,81649.7Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Sausheim68129 km SE5,66654.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ventabren13569 km S5,83956.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Eschau67115 km E5,87845.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sausheim68129 km SE5,66654.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Buc78297 km W5,81649.7Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Ventabren13569 km S5,83956.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Ludon-Médoc33655 km SW5,57841.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Les Trois-Bassins9749,156 km SE7,22158.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 9 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Ludres'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
Laneuveville-devant-Nancy546.4 km NE6,63050.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Liverdun5416 km NW5,58046.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Moulins-lès-Metz5754 km N5,26559Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Marignier74283 km S6,50756.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ceyrat63397 km SW6,59250.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Arpajon-sur-Cère15501 km SW6,36151.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %