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Pierreville

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Moselle et Madon · INSEE 54429

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

No daily shops 12.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pierreville (INSEE 54429) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Moselle et Madon. Population 299 (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/54429-pierreville

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 17,839 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 trend0.56105.64
Housing mix0.9654.79

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: 171 peak 2012: 317 2023: 299 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 317 (2012) → 299 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 281 (1990) → 299 (2023): 6.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 145, of which 2.1 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.5 km SE (Pulligny)Pharmacy — 1.5 km SE (Pulligny)GP — 1.6 km SE (Pulligny)Primary school — 1.7 km SE (Pulligny)Bakery — 2.1 km S (Autrey)
Food shop — 1.5 km SEPharmacy — 1.5 km SEGP — 1.6 km SEPrimary school — 1.7 km SEBakery — 2.1 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): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pulligny): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Pulligny): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Pulligny): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Pulligny): 1.7 km to the south-east (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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 12.4 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 240 m. [10]

The village sits 96 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]

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

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 12.4 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 96 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BENNEY, 7.6 km away at 350 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 — 54429/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54429/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54429/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54429/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54032
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54437
  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
Rocourt-Saint-Martin02211 km W29912.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Berthez33658 km SW30117.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Villers-le-Château51143 km W29913.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Perthes08164 km NW30312.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Bretteville-le-Rabet14470 km W29717.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Littenheim67102 km E29713.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Littenheim67102 km E29713.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-le-Château51143 km W29913.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Perthes08164 km NW30312.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Rocourt-Saint-Martin02211 km W29912.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bretteville-le-Rabet14470 km W29717.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Berthez33658 km SW30117.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · 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 Pierreville'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
Rocourt-Saint-Martin02211 km W29912.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-le-Château51143 km W29913.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Littenheim67102 km E29713.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-sur-Chézy02206 km W30117.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Condes5285 km SW29210.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ricquebourg60270 km NW29817.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %