Donnelay

Moselle · CC du Saulnois · INSEE 57183

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

No daily shops 18/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Donnelay (INSEE 57183) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Saulnois. Population 193 (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 18/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 15,747 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	0.39	10	3.94
Housing mix	1	5	5

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 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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	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 [3,4]
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

1968: 280 2023: 193 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 194 (2012) → 193 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 216 (1990) → 193 (2023): -10.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 106, of which 0 % second homes and 20.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.8 km NEGP — 6.9 km NEFood shop — 7.0 km SPharmacy — 7.1 km N 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 (Gelucourt): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lagarde): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dieuze): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dieuze): 7.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.3

Days at or below 0 °C 64.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the RODALBE weather station, 17.6 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 225 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at RODALBE, 17.6 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DIEUZE, 7.3 km away at 216 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 — 57183/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57183/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57183/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57183/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57246
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57375
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57177
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57183
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
Lansac	65	794 km SW	185	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %
Vandeuil	51	219 km W	187	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Linghem	62	372 km NW	219	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aoustrille	36	408 km SW	199	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Pagny-lès-Goin	57	42 km NW	225	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Laix	54	101 km NW	211	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pagny-lès-Goin	57	42 km NW	225	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Laix	54	101 km NW	211	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vandeuil	51	219 km W	187	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Linghem	62	372 km NW	219	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aoustrille	36	408 km SW	199	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Lansac	65	794 km SW	185	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Donnelay'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
Vandeuil	51	219 km W	187	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Pagny-lès-Goin	57	42 km NW	225	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Laix	54	101 km NW	211	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Marcy-sous-Marle	02	240 km NW	203	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Marsal	57	6.7 km NW	229	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chazeuil	21	169 km SW	195	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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