Buchy
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 21.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Buchy (INSEE 57116) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Sud Messin. Population 101 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 87 % of the 10,687 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.75 | 10 | 7.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE INTERCOMMUNALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 119 (2012) → 101 (2023): -15.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 81 (1990) → 101 (2023): 24.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 45, of which 2.2 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Solgne): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Verny): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Solgne): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Solgne): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Buchy): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the AEROPORT METZ-NANCY-LORRAINE weather station, 2.4 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 289 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AEROPORT METZ-NANCY-LORRAINE, 2.4 km away at 260 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 679 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at AEROPORT METZ-NANCY-LORRAINE, 2.4 km away at 260 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
No price figures: this département keeps the livre foncier rather than the cadastre, so its transactions are not published in DVF at all. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57116/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57116/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57116/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57116/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57655
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57708
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57116
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grémecey | 57 | 22 km SE | 100 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 % |
| Barenton-Cel | 02 | 204 km W | 108 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bimont | 62 | 359 km NW | 112 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vellefrie | 70 | 142 km S | 122 | 22.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gommecourt | 62 | 292 km NW | 86 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Assenoncourt | 57 | 44 km SE | 115 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grémecey | 57 | 22 km SE | 100 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 % |
| Assenoncourt | 57 | 44 km SE | 115 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vellefrie | 70 | 142 km S | 122 | 22.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Barenton-Cel | 02 | 204 km W | 108 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gommecourt | 62 | 292 km NW | 86 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bimont | 62 | 359 km NW | 112 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Buchy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barenton-Cel | 02 | 204 km W | 108 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Assenoncourt | 57 | 44 km SE | 115 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Vallois | 88 | 92 km S | 128 | 23.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sancy-les-Cheminots | 02 | 210 km W | 101 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thiraucourt | 88 | 78 km S | 101 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villers-devant-Mouzon | 08 | 115 km NW | 102 | 9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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