Saulnes

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CA Grand Longwy Agglomération · INSEE 54493

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

Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulnes (INSEE 54493) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CA Grand Longwy Agglomération. Population 2,259 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/54493-saulnes

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 22 % of the 8,813 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.41	10	4.13
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 1 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]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BEERTOBURGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (OLPHIL'S CAFE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JOLIOT CURIE). ^[3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-LUC LIGIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BALLARINI). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAULNES RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE DE SAULNES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE EMILIE MAGGI). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE NATHALIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	BEERTOBURGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	OLPHIL'S CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JOLIOT CURIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JEAN-LUC LIGIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BALLARINI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAULNES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE MAIRIE DE SAULNES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE EMILIE MAGGI	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	L'ATELIER DE NATHALIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 3,418 2023: 2,259 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,424 (2012) → 2,259 (2023): -6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,473 (1990) → 2,259 (2023): -8.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,204, of which 1.7 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.7 km SWBakery — 1.3 km NW 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 (Longlaville): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saulnes): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saulnes): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saulnes): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saulnes): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.1

Days at or below 0 °C 50

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ERROUVILLE_SAPC weather station, 13.9 km away at 373 m; the village itself is at 283 m. ^[10]

The village sits 90 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 VILLETTE, 18.5 km away at 345 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 62 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 978 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEXY, 4.7 km away at 372 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

181 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 152,000 € — 2,083 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

58 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 100,000 € — 1,389 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Meurthe-et-Moselle is 1,727 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54493/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54493/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54493/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54493/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54493
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Payrin-Augmontel	81	719 km SW	2,198	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 %
Bachant	59	159 km NW	2,230	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-sur-Sambre	59	161 km NW	2,371	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Haveluy	59	196 km NW	3,222	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ranville	14	441 km W	2,074	51.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Longueil-Annel	60	214 km W	2,586	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bachant	59	159 km NW	2,230	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-sur-Sambre	59	161 km NW	2,371	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Haveluy	59	196 km NW	3,222	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Longueil-Annel	60	214 km W	2,586	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ranville	14	441 km W	2,074	51.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Payrin-Augmontel	81	719 km SW	2,198	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · 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 Saulnes'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
Bachant	59	159 km NW	2,230	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-sur-Sambre	59	161 km NW	2,371	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Haveluy	59	196 km NW	3,222	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Longueil-Annel	60	214 km W	2,586	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Belle-Roche	71	357 km S	1,385	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Novéant-sur-Moselle	57	59 km S	1,844	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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