Argancy

Identity

Argancy (INSEE 57028) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Rives de Moselle. Population 1,381 (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/57028-argancy

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 12,194 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

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O SAVEURS D'OLGY · O'SAVEURS D'OLGY). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (TOUT & BON · LE VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERN PUBLIQUE ERCKMANN CHATRIAN). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE MARCEL VAN ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE MARCEL VAN). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RENAUD LANDMANN, MÉDECIN · CELINE JOIE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (BOULODROME COUVERT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,329 (2012) → 1,381 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,058 (1990) → 1,381 (2023): 30.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 653, of which 0.6 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Hauconcourt): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ennery): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Argancy): 1.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ennery): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Argancy): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MALANCOURT weather station, 10.8 km away at 346 m; the village itself is at 174 m. ^[11]

The village sits 172 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at METZ-FRESCATY, 15.1 km away at 192 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 905 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MALANCOURT, 10.8 km away at 346 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57028/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57028/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57028/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57028/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57303
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57193
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57028
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024