Sexey-aux-Forges

Identity

Sexey-aux-Forges (INSEE 54505) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Moselle et Madon. Population 718 (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/54505-sexey-aux-forges

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 16,277 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SEXEY AUX FORGES AP). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 677 (2012) → 718 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 584 (1990) → 718 (2023): 22.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 324, of which 0.9 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chaligny): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuves-Maisons): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chaligny): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Neuves-Maisons): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sexey-aux-Forges): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

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. ^[11]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 7.9 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 238 m. ^[11]

The village sits 98 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 7.9 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 98 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 7.9 km away at 336 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

37 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 163,500 € — 1,528 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Meurthe-et-Moselle is 1,727 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54505/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54505/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54505/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54505/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54111
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54397
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54505
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025