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Valleroy

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Orne Lorraine Confluences · INSEE 54542

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

Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valleroy (INSEE 54542) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Orne Lorraine Confluences. Population 2,375 (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/54542-valleroy

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 38 % of the 8,542 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.52105.16
Housing mix0.9954.94

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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU CHATEAU). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BAIGNADE · LA MINE A PIZZAS). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB EMILE DUHAMEL). [3]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIANA CUMPANA, MÉDECIN · GHENADIE CUMPANA, MÉDECIN). [3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

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

4 × Hairdresser (GASPARINI · BEN THE BARBERR). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE FOURNIL DU CHATEAUINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LA BAIGNADE · LA MINE A PIZZASINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB EMILE DUHAMELINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JEAN MORETTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2MARIANA CUMPANA, MÉDECIN · GHENADIE CUMPANA, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE SAINTONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4GASPARINI · BEN THE BARBERRINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 2,271 peak 2007: 2,448 2023: 2,375 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,382 (2012) → 2,375 (2023): -0.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,337 (1990) → 2,375 (2023): 1.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,172, of which 0.6 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.0 km E (Auboué)Bakery — 3.4 km SE (Batilly)
In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 3.0 km EBakery — 3.4 km SE 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 (Batilly): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Auboué): 3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Valleroy): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Valleroy): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Valleroy): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS weather station, 6.3 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 216 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS, 6.3 km away at 235 m, over 20 summers. [11]

An average of 737 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS, 6.3 km away at 235 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

134 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 171,050 € — 1,798 € per m² of built surface. [12]

26 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 110,075 € — 1,377 € per m². [12]

The median across Meurthe-et-Moselle is 1,727 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54542/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54542/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54542/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54542/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54051
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54028
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54542
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tucquegnieux5412 km N2,44136.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Belloy-en-France95260 km W2,25044.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Maureilhan34686 km S2,49553.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 41 % · humidity 43 %
Chirens38423 km S2,54650.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Scorbé-Clairvaux86489 km SW2,17444.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues34630 km S2,14851Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 7 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tucquegnieux5412 km N2,44136.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Belloy-en-France95260 km W2,25044.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Chirens38423 km S2,54650.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Scorbé-Clairvaux86489 km SW2,17444.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Geniès-des-Mourgues34630 km S2,14851Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 7 %
Maureilhan34686 km S2,49553.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 41 % · 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 Valleroy'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Brazey-en-Plaine21237 km S2,42554.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Château-Salins5760 km SE2,29655.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Biesheim68176 km SE2,49954.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bouligny5517 km NW2,50734.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Taissy51134 km W2,19440.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Couture-Boussey27332 km W2,29549.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %