Ochey

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Pays de Colombey et du Sud Toulois · INSEE 54405

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ochey (INSEE 54405) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Pays de Colombey et du Sud Toulois. Population 518 (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/54405-ochey

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,686 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	20	0
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	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)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	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 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: 152 peak 2012: 520 2023: 518 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 520 (2012) → 518 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 242 (1990) → 518 (2023): 114 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 0.5 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.1 km SWBakery — 5.6 km SEGP — 6.3 km NPharmacy — 7.1 km SW 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 (Germiny): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bagneux): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pierre-la-Treiche): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Colombey-les-Belles): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Ochey): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 60.7

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 1.2 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 324 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 1.2 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 1.2 km away at 336 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54405/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54405/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54405/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54405/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54223
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54426
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54135
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54405
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
Siegen	67	159 km E	519	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Villers-le-Sec	70	111 km S	519	20.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Massac-Séran	81	631 km SW	523	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Trumilly	60	241 km W	522	19.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Roëllecourt	62	325 km NW	516	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Harcy	08	172 km NW	515	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villers-le-Sec	70	111 km S	519	20.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Siegen	67	159 km E	519	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Harcy	08	172 km NW	515	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Trumilly	60	241 km W	522	19.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Roëllecourt	62	325 km NW	516	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Massac-Séran	81	631 km SW	523	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Ochey'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
Le Fay-Saint-Quentin	60	286 km W	531	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Hautvillers-Ouville	80	347 km NW	527	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Jumel	80	292 km NW	532	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vaast-en-Chaussée	80	312 km NW	504	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Vellefaux	70	115 km S	539	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Catillon-Fumechon	60	280 km NW	542	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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