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Morville-sur-Seille

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Bassin de Pont-à-Mousson · INSEE 54387

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 16.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Morville-sur-Seille (INSEE 54387) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Bassin de Pont-à-Mousson. Population 169 (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/54387-morville-sur-seille

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 14,935 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8854.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 146 2023: 169 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 130 (2012) → 169 (2023): 30 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 107 (1990) → 169 (2023): 57.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 80, of which 6.3 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.5 km N (Cheminot)GP — 3.8 km N (Cheminot)Bakery — 6.0 km SE (Nomeny)Pharmacy — 6.0 km SE (Nomeny)Food shop — 6.2 km SE (Nomeny)
Primary school — 3.5 km NGP — 3.8 km NBakery — 6.0 km SEPharmacy — 6.0 km SEFood shop — 6.2 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 (Nomeny): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Nomeny): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Cheminot): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Nomeny): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Cheminot): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the NOMENY weather station, 6.9 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 197 m. [10]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at NOMENY, 6.9 km away at 208 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54387/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54387/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54387/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54387/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54400
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57137
  10. 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
Bouvresse60330 km W17012.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 54 %
Housset02202 km NW17011.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Romans-des-Champs79573 km SW16911.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 68 %
Le Troncq27384 km W17115.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 70 %
Bosmont-sur-Serre02190 km NW1709.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 64 %
Harponville80292 km NW17014.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bosmont-sur-Serre02190 km NW1709.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 64 %
Housset02202 km NW17011.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
Harponville80292 km NW17014.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 %
Bouvresse60330 km W17012.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 54 %
Le Troncq27384 km W17115.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Romans-des-Champs79573 km SW16911.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 68 %

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