Saizerais

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC du Bassin de Pompey · INSEE 54490

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

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saizerais (INSEE 54490) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Bassin de Pompey. Population 1,453 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/54490-saizerais

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 11,874 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.68	10	6.83
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'AUTHENTIC B). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE 16'ART CAFE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURE CIVINO, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS WEBER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAIZERAIS AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	L'AUTHENTIC B	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	LE 16'ART CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LAURE CIVINO, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS WEBER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	SAIZERAIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 780 peak 2012: 1,553 2023: 1,453 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,553 (2012) → 1,453 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,228 (1990) → 1,453 (2023): 18.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 641, of which 0.3 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, GP Primary school — 0.7 km EFood shop — 3.0 km SPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Saizerais): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Liverdun): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saizerais): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Liverdun): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saizerais): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 78.8

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NOMENY weather station, 17 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 251 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at NANCY-ESSEY, 17.4 km away at 212 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NOMENY, 17 km away at 208 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54490/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54490/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54490/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54490/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54490
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54318
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
Sains-en-Amiénois	80	293 km NW	1,187	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Wardrecques	62	341 km NW	1,328	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Mortcerf	77	229 km W	1,400	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Us	95	300 km W	1,374	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Rohrwiller	67	136 km E	1,615	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Lieuran-lès-Béziers	34	635 km S	1,486	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 24 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rohrwiller	67	136 km E	1,615	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Mortcerf	77	229 km W	1,400	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Sains-en-Amiénois	80	293 km NW	1,187	31.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Us	95	300 km W	1,374	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Wardrecques	62	341 km NW	1,328	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Lieuran-lès-Béziers	34	635 km S	1,486	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 24 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Saizerais'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
Willerwald	57	77 km E	1,517	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Deyvillers	88	74 km SE	1,379	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bambiderstroff	57	53 km NE	1,016	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Belleville	54	4.8 km NE	1,512	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pouru-Saint-Remy	08	121 km NW	1,106	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Séauve-sur-Semène	43	412 km S	1,456	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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