Vaudémont

Identity

Vaudémont (INSEE 54552) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Pays du Saintois. Population 70 (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/54552-vaudemont

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 7,423 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

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

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA COLLINE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 75 (2012) → 70 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 53 (1990) → 70 (2023): 32.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 51, of which 15.7 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vroncourt): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lalœuf): 7.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Diarville): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Diarville): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chaouilley): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 19.5 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 487 m. ^[12]

The village sits 151 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 19.5 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 151 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 978 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PRAYE, 4.4 km away at 307 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54552/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54552/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54552/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54552/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54592
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54291
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54156
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54117
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024