Maron

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Moselle et Madon · INSEE 54352

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

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maron (INSEE 54352) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Moselle et Madon. Population 841 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/54352-maron

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 15,343 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.55	10	5.46
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

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 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE CROCODILE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MARON AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1	LE CROCODILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	MARON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 707 peak 2012: 856 2023: 841 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 856 (2012) → 841 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 804 (1990) → 841 (2023): 4.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 417, of which 6 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km SEGP — 3.9 km SEFood shop — 4.0 km SEPharmacy — 4.9 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 (Chaligny): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuves-Maisons): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chaligny): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Neuves-Maisons): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 51.3

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 8.7 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 219 m. ^[11]

The village sits 117 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, 8.7 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 117 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 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 8.7 km away at 336 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 — 54352/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54352/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54352/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54352/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54111
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54397
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54352
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
Gastins	77	222 km W	741	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Les Mollettes	73	353 km S	870	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Gironville-sur-Essonne	91	272 km W	760	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Athée	21	164 km S	815	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 85 %
Crampagna	09	712 km SW	980	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Marsaz	26	400 km S	714	36	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Athée	21	164 km S	815	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 85 %
Gastins	77	222 km W	741	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gironville-sur-Essonne	91	272 km W	760	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Les Mollettes	73	353 km S	870	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Marsaz	26	400 km S	714	36	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Crampagna	09	712 km SW	980	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Maron'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gastins	77	222 km W	741	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gironville-sur-Essonne	91	272 km W	760	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ver-sur-Launette	60	251 km W	1,130	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Merfy	51	170 km NW	609	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Villacerf	10	154 km W	598	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Montgé-en-Goële	77	245 km W	717	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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