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Olley

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Orne Lorraine Confluences · INSEE 54408

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

No daily shops 17.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Olley (INSEE 54408) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Orne Lorraine Confluences. Population 220 (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/54408-olley

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 16,584 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.48104.82
Housing mix0.9654.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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”.

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (COURTIOL ROMUALD). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)1COURTIOL ROMUALDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 342 2023: 220 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 258 (2012) → 220 (2023): -14.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 224 (1990) → 220 (2023): -1.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 109, of which 1.8 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.2 km E (Jeandelize)GP — 6.8 km E (Conflans-en-Jarnisy)Pharmacy — 6.9 km E (Conflans-en-Jarnisy)Bakery — 7.0 km E (Conflans-en-Jarnisy)
In the commune Food shop Primary school — 2.2 km EGP — 6.8 km EPharmacy — 6.9 km EBakery — 7.0 km E 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 (Conflans-en-Jarnisy): 7 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Olley): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Conflans-en-Jarnisy): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Conflans-en-Jarnisy): 6.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Jeandelize): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS weather station, 12.3 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 203 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS, 12.3 km away at 235 m, over 20 summers. [11]

An average of 771 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CONFLANS, 7 km away at 197 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54408/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54408/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54408/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54408/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54136
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54408
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54277
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Lespouey65789 km SW21020.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Boissy-en-Drouais28332 km W22618.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Dignonville88116 km SE20819.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Beaurain59195 km NW23422.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Treux80245 km W22015.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Westrehem62289 km NW24618.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dignonville88116 km SE20819.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Beaurain59195 km NW23422.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Treux80245 km W22015.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Westrehem62289 km NW24618.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-en-Drouais28332 km W22618.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Lespouey65789 km SW21020.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · 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 Olley'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
Dignonville88116 km SE20819.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Euphrône21214 km SW22520.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bischholtz67133 km E25117.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Quatre-Champs0879 km NW24120.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chaînée-des-Coupis39250 km S18322.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Baudrecourt5755 km SE17318.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %