Praye

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Pays du Saintois · INSEE 54434

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

Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Praye (INSEE 54434) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Pays du Saintois. Population 267 (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 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,524 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	0.67	10	6.71
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 263 peak 2012: 272 2023: 267 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 272 (2012) → 267 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 228 (1990) → 267 (2023): 17.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 5.9 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km NWFood shop — 4.4 km NEGP — 4.5 km SEPharmacy — 4.5 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 (Vroncourt): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tantonville): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Diarville): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Diarville): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Praye): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 19.5 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 304 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 19.5 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 978 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PRAYE, 0.1 km away at 307 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54434/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54434/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54434/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54434/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54592
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54513
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54434
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
Villey-sur-Tille	21	122 km SW	264	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Comberouger	82	638 km SW	268	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %
Grez	60	329 km NW	272	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Lucgarier	64	756 km SW	273	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 29 %
Le Mesnil-sur-Bulles	60	298 km NW	265	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Berville-la-Campagne	27	387 km W	270	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villey-sur-Tille	21	122 km SW	264	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-sur-Bulles	60	298 km NW	265	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Grez	60	329 km NW	272	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Berville-la-Campagne	27	387 km W	270	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Comberouger	82	638 km SW	268	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %
Lucgarier	64	756 km SW	273	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Praye'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 Mesnil-sur-Bulles	60	298 km NW	265	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Asswiller	67	96 km NE	268	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Vaucourtois	77	237 km W	277	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Aube	57	68 km N	268	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Portes	27	384 km W	261	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Doméliers	60	317 km NW	250	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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