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Waville

Meurthe-et-Moselle · CC Mad et Moselle · INSEE 54593

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

No daily shops 19.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Waville (INSEE 54593) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC Mad et Moselle. Population 433 (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/54593-waville

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 17,915 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.57105.67
Housing mix0.9954.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 376 peak 2007: 438 2023: 433 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 435 (2012) → 433 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 406 (1990) → 433 (2023): 6.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 0.5 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 1.7 km E (Onville)Food shop — 4.6 km N (Gorze)Pharmacy — 6.0 km SE (Pagny-sur-Moselle)GP — 6.1 km SE (Pagny-sur-Moselle)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km EFood shop — 4.6 km NPharmacy — 6.0 km SEGP — 6.1 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 (Onville): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gorze): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Pagny-sur-Moselle): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Pagny-sur-Moselle): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Waville): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

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. [12]

Measured at the DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS weather station, 16.1 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 214 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at DONCOURT-LES-CONFLANS, 16.1 km away at 235 m, over 20 summers. [12]

An average of 810 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at PAGNY-SUR-MOSELLE, 6.6 km away at 179 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 — 54593/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54593/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54593/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54593/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54410
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57254
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54415
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54593
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Froidefontaine90177 km SE43319No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Pringy51108 km W43819.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Quierzy02213 km W42821.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Lesdain59228 km NW43218.9No daily shopsno figures
Bantouzelle59230 km NW44121.9Few servicesno figures
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Balerme47671 km SW42421.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pringy51108 km W43819.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Froidefontaine90177 km SE43319No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Quierzy02213 km W42821.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Lesdain59228 km NW43218.9No daily shopsno figures
Bantouzelle59230 km NW44121.9Few servicesno figures
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Balerme47671 km SW42421.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Froidefontaine90177 km SE43319No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mulhausen67118 km E43521Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chambeire21199 km S42024.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Aigleville27330 km W41425Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Obermorschwiller68182 km SE40920.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Longchamp8897 km SE45923.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %