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Bourdonnay

Moselle · CC du Saulnois · INSEE 57099

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

No daily shops 19.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bourdonnay (INSEE 57099) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Saulnois. Population 248 (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/57099-bourdonnay

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,170 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.65106.53
Housing mix0.9554.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE KREBS BERNARD). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)1BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE KREBS BERNARDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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]
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: 357 2023: 248 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 258 (2012) → 248 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 215 (1990) → 248 (2023): 15.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 125, of which 2.4 % second homes and 14.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 0.7 km S (Bourdonnay)Primary school — 3.5 km E (Maizières-lès-Vic)Food shop — 3.6 km SW (Lagarde)Pharmacy — 9.7 km SE (Avricourt)GP — 9.8 km SE (Avricourt)
Bakery — 0.7 km SPrimary school — 3.5 km EFood shop — 3.6 km SWPharmacy — 9.7 km SEGP — 9.8 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 (Bourdonnay): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lagarde): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Avricourt): 9.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Avricourt): 9.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Maizières-lès-Vic): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [11]

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 — 57099/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57099/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57099/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57099/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57099
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57375
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57042
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57434

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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
Anderny5492 km NW25420.9Few servicesno figures
Botans90125 km S24918.6No daily shopsno figures
Gripport5449 km SW26418.6No daily shopsno figures
Magneux51229 km W26621.5Few servicesno figures
Saint-Sulpice01295 km SW26023.7Few servicesno figures
Chouzelot25190 km S24917.8No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gripport5449 km SW26418.6No daily shopsno figures
Anderny5492 km NW25420.9Few servicesno figures
Botans90125 km S24918.6No daily shopsno figures
Chouzelot25190 km S24917.8No daily shopsno figures
Magneux51229 km W26621.5Few servicesno figures
Saint-Sulpice01295 km SW26023.7Few servicesno figures

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