Parey-Saint-Césaire

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Pays du Saintois · INSEE 54417

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

Few services 22.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Parey-Saint-Césaire (INSEE 54417) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Pays du Saintois. Population 248 (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 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,170 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.59
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

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]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL). ^[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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL	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	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: 220 2023: 248 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 222 (2012) → 248 (2023): 11.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 248 (2023): 25.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 108, of which 0.9 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km EPharmacy — 5.0 km SEGP — 5.1 km SFood shop — 5.4 km S 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 (Autrey): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vézelise): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vézelise): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vézelise): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Parey-Saint-Césaire): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 9.6 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 288 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 9.6 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 840 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at OGNEVILLE, 6.2 km away at 300 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 — 54417/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54417/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54417/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54417/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54032
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54563
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54417
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
Russy-Bémont	60	240 km W	247	25	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Buc	90	115 km SE	244	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Affringues	62	375 km NW	254	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Carrépuis	80	270 km NW	250	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Boiry-Saint-Martin	62	303 km NW	255	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-au-Flos	62	287 km NW	245	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Buc	90	115 km SE	244	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Russy-Bémont	60	240 km W	247	25	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Carrépuis	80	270 km NW	250	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-au-Flos	62	287 km NW	245	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Boiry-Saint-Martin	62	303 km NW	255	18.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Affringues	62	375 km NW	254	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Parey-Saint-Césaire'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
Frévillers	62	330 km NW	239	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Vésigneul-sur-Marne	51	124 km W	240	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Rodalbe	57	63 km NE	246	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Verneuil-sur-Serre	02	214 km NW	249	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chaudun	02	223 km NW	238	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Wattignies-la-Victoire	59	238 km NW	240	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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