Saint-Max

Meurthe-et-Moselle · Métropole du Grand Nancy · INSEE 54482

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 60/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Max (INSEE 54482) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of Métropole du Grand Nancy. Population 9,913 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/54482-saint-max

Vitality score

Vitality score 60/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 2,480 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	0.44	25	11.07
Social	0.78	20	15.68
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.8	10	7.97
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.4	10	3.95
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LE PAIN AU LEVAIN · JANNY · LAGODA · T GOURMAND · SYTILI BOULANGERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (C D'COUPE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TOUHAMI ABDELMALEK · SAMINES PRIM). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (SUPERMACHE MATCH · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (LE 19 · LE NOUVEAU SAINT MAX · PIZZA FA'BIO · RESTAURANT LE BOUT'CHOUX · APPOLONIA). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (BAR TABAC DE LA POSTE · A LA DESCENTE DU PLATEAU · LE BAR CENTRAL). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CLEMENCEAU). ^[3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL LEVY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE CURIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE VICTOR HUGO). ^[3]

13 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CONSTANCE HERR, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE CUGNY-SINTEFF, MÉDECIN · JILL PAQUIS-PARISOT, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE ARSENA-LAMBERT, MÉDECIN · PASCAL BACALLA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

4 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE JEAN XXIII · SELARL DE PHARMACIENS D OFFICINE DES · PHARMACIE DE LA MEURTHE · PHARMACIE FERRY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE-MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (ROYAL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF HENRI COCHET). ^[3]

5 × Bank (SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP · BANQUE CIC EST · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL SAINT MAX - ESSEY LES NANCY · CAISSE D EPARGNE). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (PADRINES · LE P'TIT SALON · COIFFURES ET BONNE HUMEUR · IDEAL · DIAGONAL COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 4 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	SARL LE PAIN AU LEVAIN · JANNY · LAGODA · T GOURMAND · SYTILI BOULANGERIE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	C D'COUPE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	TOUHAMI ABDELMALEK · SAMINES PRIM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	SUPERMACHE MATCH · CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	11	LE 19 · LE NOUVEAU SAINT MAX · PIZZA FA'BIO · RESTAURANT LE BOUT'CHOUX · APPOLONIA	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	BAR TABAC DE LA POSTE · A LA DESCENTE DU PLATEAU · LE BAR CENTRAL	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CLEMENCEAU	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	4	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PAUL LEVY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE CURIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE VICTOR HUGO	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	13	CONSTANCE HERR, MÉDECIN · EMMANUELLE CUGNY-SINTEFF, MÉDECIN · JILL PAQUIS-PARISOT, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE ARSENA-LAMBERT, MÉDECIN · PASCAL BACALLA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 13 [3]
Pharmacy	4	PHARMACIE JEAN XXIII · SELARL DE PHARMACIENS D OFFICINE DES · PHARMACIE DE LA MEURTHE · PHARMACIE FERRY	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE-MÉDIATHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	ROYAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF HENRI COCHET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP · BANQUE CIC EST · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL SAINT MAX - ESSEY LES NANCY · CAISSE D EPARGNE	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	9	PADRINES · LE P'TIT SALON · COIFFURES ET BONNE HUMEUR · IDEAL · DIAGONAL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 12,489 2023: 9,913 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 9,642 (2012) → 9,913 (2023): 2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 11,075 (1990) → 9,913 (2023): -10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 5,716, of which 1.4 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saint-Max): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Max): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Max): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Max): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Max): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 60.8

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the NANCY-ESSEY weather station, 1.8 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 200 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NANCY-ESSEY, 1.8 km away at 212 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at NANCY-ESSEY, 1.8 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54482/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54482/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54482/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54482/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54482
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
Saint-Grégoire	35	585 km W	9,957	69.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Ézanville	95	284 km W	9,858	61.9	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Vernouillet	78	311 km W	9,699	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montlhéry	91	289 km W	9,772	63.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou	49	516 km W	9,720	62.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Crosne	91	275 km W	9,610	57.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crosne	91	275 km W	9,610	57.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Ézanville	95	284 km W	9,858	61.9	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Montlhéry	91	289 km W	9,772	63.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Vernouillet	78	311 km W	9,699	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou	49	516 km W	9,720	62.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Grégoire	35	585 km W	9,957	69.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · 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 Saint-Max'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
Vernouillet	78	311 km W	9,699	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pfastatt	68	132 km SE	10,314	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Valentigney	25	146 km S	10,501	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont	63	404 km SW	10,728	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Tinqueux	51	173 km W	10,771	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Marcoussis	91	292 km W	8,618	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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