Viterne

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Moselle et Madon · INSEE 54586

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Viterne (INSEE 54586) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Moselle et Madon. Population 738 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 16,127 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.66	10	6.64
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE CAFE DU JET D EAU). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES ALISIERS). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VITERNE AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LE CAFE DU JET D EAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES ALISIERS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VITERNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 629 2023: 738 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 725 (2012) → 738 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 634 (1990) → 738 (2023): 16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 344, of which 2 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.0 km EBakery — 4.7 km EFood shop — 5.3 km EPharmacy — 5.4 km E 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 (Bainville-sur-Madon): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pont-Saint-Vincent): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Maizières): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pont-Saint-Vincent): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Viterne): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.7

Days at or below 0 °C 54.9

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NANCY-OCHEY weather station, 5.4 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 269 m. ^[12]

The village sits 67 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 5.4 km away at 336 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 67 m above 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 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NANCY-OCHEY, 5.4 km away at 336 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54586/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54586/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54586/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54586/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54432
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54336
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54586
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
La Grandville	08	160 km NW	753	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers-le-Sec	52	89 km SW	710	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Vernéville	57	62 km N	715	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Louvemont	52	83 km W	694	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Preixan	11	671 km SW	637	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 53 % · humidity 36 %
Bassou	89	201 km W	869	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vernéville	57	62 km N	715	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Louvemont	52	83 km W	694	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers-le-Sec	52	89 km SW	710	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
La Grandville	08	160 km NW	753	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bassou	89	201 km W	869	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Preixan	11	671 km SW	637	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 53 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Viterne'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
La Grandville	08	160 km NW	753	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Vernéville	57	62 km N	715	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Louvemont	52	83 km W	694	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Xeuilley	54	5.5 km SE	959	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Westhalten	68	115 km SE	1,017	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Châtres	77	237 km W	714	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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