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Fonteny

Moselle · CC du Saulnois · INSEE 57225

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 16.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fonteny (INSEE 57225) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Saulnois. Population 143 (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/57225-fonteny

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 13,700 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.88108.75
Housing mix155

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)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)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 [3,4]
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: 135 peak 2017: 143 2023: 143 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 138 (2012) → 143 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 104 (1990) → 143 (2023): 37.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 66, of which 0 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.9 km W (Delme)Bakery — 5.2 km W (Delme)GP — 5.2 km W (Delme)Pharmacy — 5.2 km W (Delme)Food shop — 7.2 km SE (Château-Salins)
Primary school — 4.9 km WBakery — 5.2 km WGP — 5.2 km WPharmacy — 5.2 km WFood shop — 7.2 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 (Delme): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Château-Salins): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Delme): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Delme): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Delme): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

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 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LESSE_SAPC weather station, 9.9 km away at 233 m; the village itself is at 249 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at RODALBE, 17.1 km away at 258 m, over 20 summers. [10]

An average of 753 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at DELME, 5.8 km away at 238 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57225/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57225/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57225/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57225/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57171
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57132
  10. 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
Manhoué5711 km SW14312.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Tellecey21197 km SW14315.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vatry51163 km W14316No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-lès-Moivrons5417 km SW14417.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Han-devant-Pierrepont5479 km NW14414No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Ramecourt8869 km SW14410.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Manhoué5711 km SW14312.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-lès-Moivrons5417 km SW14417.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ramecourt8869 km SW14410.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Han-devant-Pierrepont5479 km NW14414No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Vatry51163 km W14316No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Tellecey21197 km SW14315.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Fonteny'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Manhoué5711 km SW14312.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Tellecey21197 km SW14315.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ramecourt8869 km SW14410.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chanville5718 km N14716.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Racécourt8872 km S14310.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fomerey8874 km S13814.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %