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Virecourt

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Meurthe Mortagne Moselle · INSEE 54585

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 14.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Virecourt (INSEE 54585) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Meurthe Mortagne Moselle. Population 487 (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/54585-virecourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 17,829 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.72107.18
Housing mix0.9754.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 285 2023: 487 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 467 (2012) → 487 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 400 (1990) → 487 (2023): 21.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 250, of which 1.6 % second homes and 10 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.1 km N (Bayon)Pharmacy — 1.1 km N (Bayon)GP — 1.3 km N (Bayon)Bakery — 1.5 km N (Bayon)Primary school — 1.6 km N (Bayon)
Food shop — 1.1 km NPharmacy — 1.1 km NGP — 1.3 km NBakery — 1.5 km NPrimary school — 1.6 km N 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 (Bayon): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bayon): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Bayon): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bayon): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bayon): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54585/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54585/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54585/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54585/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54054

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
Bellefontaine95291 km W47411.7No daily shopsno figures
Romeries59280 km NW47114No daily shopsno figures
Puisieulx51181 km NW46614.7No daily shopsno figures
Selles51176 km NW46417.6No daily shopsno figures
Heutrégiville51178 km NW50817.3No daily shopsno figures
Kesseldorf67136 km E45216.7No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Kesseldorf67136 km E45216.7No daily shopsno figures
Selles51176 km NW46417.6No daily shopsno figures
Heutrégiville51178 km NW50817.3No daily shopsno figures
Puisieulx51181 km NW46614.7No daily shopsno figures
Romeries59280 km NW47114No daily shopsno figures
Bellefontaine95291 km W47411.7No daily shopsno figures

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