Toul
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 64.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Toul (INSEE 54528) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Terres Touloises. Population 15,768 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 64.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 62 % of the 1,542 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 | 0.51 | 25 | 12.71 |
| Social | 0.92 | 20 | 18.37 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.73 | 10 | 7.28 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.41 | 10 | 4.12 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
12 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LA BONNE PATE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE NIGON · AUX DELICES D'ALEX · SACAR CIGDEM). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LA CENTRALE · PALAIS DES 4S). [3,4]
6 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LIDL · PROXIE · FVMG · L'OASIS · LOULOU TRADING). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · CARREFOUR · ARSEDIS). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (LA POISSONNERIE DU COUARAIL). [3,4]
37 × Restaurant (W.J.D · LA SPEZIA · LA GRANDE BRASSERIE DU COMMERCE · LE ROYAL DE CHINE · BAR DE FRANCE). [3,4]
15 × Café / bar (V H · BRASSERIE K · LA BELLE ETOILE · KONT'NR · CHEZ LULU). [4]
6 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE SAINT-EVRE · ECOLE MATERNELLE GOUVION SAINT CYR · ECOLE MATERNELLE REGINA VILLAGE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN FEIDT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEANNE D ARC). [3]
8 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SAINT EVRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE MOSELLY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA SAPINIERE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MAURICE HUMBERT). [3]
4 × Collège (COLLEGE VALCOURT · COLLEGE AMIRAL DE RIGNY · COLLEGE CROIX DE METZ · COLLEGE JEAN-BAPTISTE VATELOT). [3]
21 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-JACQUES NOIRCLERE, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE GEOFFROY, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE CAUVEZ-RIHM, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE TRUSCH, MÉDECIN · EMILIE FRECAUT, MÉDECIN). [3]
6 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE RONDE · SELASU ROSIN PHARMACIE AUX PETITS · PHARMACIE FL · PHARMACIE DU PORT DE FRANCE · PHARMACIE DE LA CROIX DE METZ). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Library (ESPACE LECTURE PETER PAN · MEDIATHEQUE LES REMP'ARTS). [3]
1 × Cinema (CITEA). [3]
6 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS J H BALSON · SALLE DES SPORTS ROBERT BOUYS CHATELET · GYMNSE HENRI MAITREPIERRE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF CROIX DE METZ · COMPLEXE SPORTIF VALCOURT). [3]
8 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP · BANQUE CIC EST). [3]
19 × Hairdresser (PLACE RONDE COIFFURE · NP COIFFURE II). [3,4]
4 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (HÔTEL DE L'EUROPE · ABC HOTEL · LA VILLA LORRAINE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 10 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 7 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 12 | SARL LA BONNE PATE · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE NIGON · AUX DELICES D'ALEX · SACAR CIGDEM | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | BOUCHERIE LA CENTRALE · PALAIS DES 4S | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 6 | LIDL · PROXIE · FVMG · L'OASIS · LOULOU TRADING | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · CARREFOUR · ARSEDIS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LA POISSONNERIE DU COUARAIL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 37 | W.J.D · LA SPEZIA · LA GRANDE BRASSERIE DU COMMERCE · LE ROYAL DE CHINE · BAR DE FRANCE | INSEE BPE 37 / INSEE SIRENE 60 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 15 | V H · BRASSERIE K · LA BELLE ETOILE · KONT'NR · CHEZ LULU | INSEE SIRENE 15 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 6 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE SAINT-EVRE · ECOLE MATERNELLE GOUVION SAINT CYR · ECOLE MATERNELLE REGINA VILLAGE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEAN FEIDT · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JEANNE D ARC | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 8 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SAINT EVRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE EMILE MOSELLY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA SAPINIERE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE MAURICE HUMBERT | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Collège | 4 | COLLEGE VALCOURT · COLLEGE AMIRAL DE RIGNY · COLLEGE CROIX DE METZ · COLLEGE JEAN-BAPTISTE VATELOT | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 21 | JEAN-JACQUES NOIRCLERE, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE GEOFFROY, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE CAUVEZ-RIHM, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE TRUSCH, MÉDECIN · EMILIE FRECAUT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 21 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 6 | PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE RONDE · SELASU ROSIN PHARMACIE AUX PETITS · PHARMACIE FL · PHARMACIE DU PORT DE FRANCE · PHARMACIE DE LA CROIX DE METZ | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 2 | ESPACE LECTURE PETER PAN · MEDIATHEQUE LES REMP'ARTS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CITEA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 6 | HALLE DES SPORTS J H BALSON · SALLE DES SPORTS ROBERT BOUYS CHATELET · GYMNSE HENRI MAITREPIERRE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF CROIX DE METZ · COMPLEXE SPORTIF VALCOURT | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 8 | CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP · BANQUE CIC EST | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 19 | PLACE RONDE COIFFURE · NP COIFFURE II | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 33 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 4 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | HÔTEL DE L'EUROPE · ABC HOTEL · LA VILLA LORRAINE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Friday, Saturday. [5,6]
Trajectory
Population 16,271 (2012) → 15,768 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 17,281 (1990) → 15,768 (2023): -8.8 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 8,175, of which 1.6 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Toul): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Toul): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Toul): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Toul): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Toul): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 11.6 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 208 m. [11]
The village sits 128 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, 11.6 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 128 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 981 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BULLIGNY, 11.1 km away at 291 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5,6]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54528/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/10/02c82cf2-13e8-3511-9d95-180226246589— “Tous les samedis matin, retrouvez le marché campagnard sur la rue Gambetta à Toul.”(unverified)
- DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/10/6839ca42-2f30-3326-bcee-8f04dd3270aa— “Au coeur du coeur du centre-ville de Toul, vivez l'ambiance conviviale du marché bi-hebdomadaire qui anime la cité touloise chaque mercredi et vendredi matin !”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54528/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54528/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54528/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 54528
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaucaire | 30 | 550 km S | 15,692 | 65.1 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 36 % |
| Longwy | 54 | 94 km N | 15,679 | 66.4 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 01 | 305 km S | 15,934 | 66.5 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hayange | 57 | 74 km N | 15,806 | 58.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 % |
| Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | 59 | 266 km NW | 15,974 | 62.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fos-sur-Mer | 13 | 585 km S | 15,862 | 61.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayange | 57 | 74 km N | 15,806 | 58.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 % |
| Longwy | 54 | 94 km N | 15,679 | 66.4 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | 59 | 266 km NW | 15,974 | 62.5 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 01 | 305 km S | 15,934 | 66.5 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaucaire | 30 | 550 km S | 15,692 | 65.1 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 36 % |
| Fos-sur-Mer | 13 | 585 km S | 15,862 | 61.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 59 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Toul'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendôme | 41 | 371 km W | 15,758 | 67.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mennecy | 91 | 255 km W | 16,433 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne | 53 | 498 km W | 16,584 | 68.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Senlis | 60 | 249 km W | 15,157 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Avold | 57 | 76 km NE | 14,755 | 66.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Romilly-sur-Seine | 10 | 160 km W | 14,959 | 65.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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