Moncel-sur-Seille

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC de Seille et Grand Couronné · INSEE 54374

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

Few services 28.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moncel-sur-Seille (INSEE 54374) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC de Seille et Grand Couronné. Population 548 (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 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,507 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.3
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ATELIER D'ALINE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ATELIER D'ALINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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: 324 2023: 548 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 474 (2012) → 548 (2023): 15.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 485 (1990) → 548 (2023): 13 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 239, of which 1.7 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.7 km WPharmacy — 4.7 km WFood shop — 5.1 km W 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 (Moncel-sur-Seille): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brin-sur-Seille): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Brin-sur-Seille): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Brin-sur-Seille): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Moncel-sur-Seille): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 61.8

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAMPENOUX-ARBO-INRAE weather station, 6.3 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 209 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHAMPENOUX-ARBO-INRAE, 6.3 km away at 255 m, over 17 summers. ^[10]

An average of 731 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHAMPENOUX-ARBO-INRAE, 6.3 km away at 255 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54374/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54374/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54374/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54374/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54374
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54100
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
Coulommes	77	256 km W	542	33	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Lahontan	64	814 km SW	536	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Fresne-le-Plan	76	380 km W	554	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-Roc	79	569 km SW	558	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Lenoncourt	54	14 km SW	593	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Nompatelize	88	58 km SE	547	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lenoncourt	54	14 km SW	593	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Nompatelize	88	58 km SE	547	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Coulommes	77	256 km W	542	33	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Fresne-le-Plan	76	380 km W	554	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-Roc	79	569 km SW	558	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Lahontan	64	814 km SW	536	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · 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 Moncel-sur-Seille'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
Lenoncourt	54	14 km SW	593	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle	87	508 km SW	540	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Aschbach	67	116 km E	633	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Dangolsheim	67	80 km E	681	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Charmée	71	258 km SW	681	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Haraucourt	54	12 km S	729	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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