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Malzéville

Meurthe-et-Moselle · Métropole du Grand Nancy · INSEE 54339

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

Partly served 52.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Malzéville (INSEE 54339) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of Métropole du Grand Nancy. Population 7,820 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [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/54339-malzeville

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 3,116 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 food0.36258.95
Social0.752014.97
Education0.53105.28
Health0.53105.28
Public & culture0.1150.55
Population trend0.47104.67
Housing mix0.9754.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MAISON DE LEON · HAUTE COUTURE BY HG · CAKE DESIGNDANA · MAISON SICHEL). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CENTRALE). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SUPERMARCHES MATCH). [3,4]

8 × Restaurant (D'ERRICO GENNARO · L RITOURNELLE · STAN-RESTAURATION · CASA MIA · PIZZA CARNOT). [3,4]

4 × Café / bar (CORNER CAFE · AU P'TIT M). [4]

3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE GENY · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JERICHO · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LECLERC). [3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL BERT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PASTEUR). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL VERLAINE). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVIE BERTHELON, MÉDECIN · ERIC IMBAULT, MÉDECIN · PIERRE MATROT, MÉDECIN). [3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MOREAU · PHARMACIE QUINTUS · SELARL KIMENAU). [3,4]

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

5 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · COLLEGE PAUL VERLAINE · CENTRE SOCIAL · ECOLE JULES FERRY JUDO · LYCEE DE PIXERECOURT). [3]

9 × Hairdresser (SP COIFFURE · COCOIF). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)4LA MAISON DE LEON · HAUTE COUTURE BY HG · CAKE DESIGNDANA · MAISON SICHELINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE CENTRALEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1SUPERMARCHES MATCHINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant8D'ERRICO GENNARO · L RITOURNELLE · STAN-RESTAURATION · CASA MIA · PIZZA CARNOTINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar4CORNER CAFE · AU P'TIT MINSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)3ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE GENY · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JERICHO · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LECLERCINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)3ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL BERT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PASTEURINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE PAUL VERLAINEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3SYLVIE BERTHELON, MÉDECIN · ERIC IMBAULT, MÉDECIN · PIERRE MATROT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy3PHARMACIE MOREAU · PHARMACIE QUINTUS · SELARL KIMENAUINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall5COMPLEXE SPORTIF · COLLEGE PAUL VERLAINE · CENTRE SOCIAL · ECOLE JULES FERRY JUDO · LYCEE DE PIXERECOURTINSEE BPE 5 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser9SP COIFFURE · COCOIFINSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 8,725 2023: 7,820 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 8,044 (2012) → 7,820 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 8,090 (1990) → 7,820 (2023): -3.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,995, of which 1.3 % second homes and 6.4 % 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 (Malzéville): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Malzéville): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Malzéville): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Malzéville): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Malzéville): 0 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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the NANCY-ESSEY weather station, 3.6 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 196 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at NANCY-ESSEY, 3.6 km away at 212 m, over 30 summers. [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, 3.6 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54339/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54339/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54339/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54339/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54339
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Mesnil-Esnard76376 km W8,17756.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Riorges42337 km SW11,13949.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Bihorel76378 km W8,31666.2ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Gournay-sur-Marne93265 km W7,32052.7Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Vaucresson92295 km W8,43257.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Luisant28348 km W6,94554.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gournay-sur-Marne93265 km W7,32052.7Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Vaucresson92295 km W8,43257.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Riorges42337 km SW11,13949.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Luisant28348 km W6,94554.2Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Esnard76376 km W8,17756.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Bihorel76378 km W8,31666.2ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Malzéville'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
Essey-lès-Nancy542.8 km E8,67070.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Horbourg-Wihr68113 km SE6,19954.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Courtry77263 km W7,33054.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Eckbolsheim67111 km E7,15752Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vaux-le-Pénil77258 km W11,47443.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Marcoussis91290 km W8,61860.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %