Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes (INSEE 57620) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays Orne Moselle. Population 4,519 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/57620-sainte-marie-aux-chenes
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 71 % of the 5,071 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 | 0.46 | 25 | 11.6 |
| Social | 0.76 | 20 | 15.27 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.46 | 10 | 4.61 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.87 | 10 | 8.69 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE DES CHENES · DU PAIN ET DES GATEAUX · ETINCELLES DE SAVEURS · LEONIDAS · BOULANGERIE BAROTTIN). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SALAMA SAINTE-MARIE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MANGEOIRE). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (LIDL · CORA). [3,4]
9 × Restaurant (YAGLIYURT HASAN · TRAITEUR FRANCE D'ASIE · LA FRESQUE · PIZZA MANGIONE). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (AU CAFE IN' · LE PRESTIGE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LES PETITS CHENES). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE E. REVENU). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE GABRIEL PIERNE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SAMUEL BRAVETTI, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE BRUZZESE, MÉDECIN · ANDRE BRUZZESE, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE RUE BERTHELOT · GYMNASE ARAGO + SALLE SOCIO CULTURELLE). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOL MUTUEL LORRAIN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE GRAND EST EUROPE). [3]
13 × Hairdresser (DIAGONAL COIFFURE · JADELYS · RAIMONDO GIUSEPPE · EURL RUDY-K · L'R DU TEMPS). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 6 | LA MIE DES CHENES · DU PAIN ET DES GATEAUX · ETINCELLES DE SAVEURS · LEONIDAS · BOULANGERIE BAROTTIN | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | SALAMA SAINTE-MARIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LA MANGEOIRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | LIDL · CORA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 9 | YAGLIYURT HASAN · TRAITEUR FRANCE D'ASIE · LA FRESQUE · PIZZA MANGIONE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | AU CAFE IN' · LE PRESTIGE | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE LES PETITS CHENES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE E. REVENU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE GABRIEL PIERNE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | SAMUEL BRAVETTI, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE BRUZZESE, MÉDECIN · ANDRE BRUZZESE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | GYMNASE RUE BERTHELOT · GYMNASE ARAGO + SALLE SOCIO CULTURELLE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRICOL MUTUEL LORRAIN · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE GRAND EST EUROPE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 13 | DIAGONAL COIFFURE · JADELYS · RAIMONDO GIUSEPPE · EURL RUDY-K · L'R DU TEMPS | INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 3,959 (2012) → 4,519 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,302 (1990) → 4,519 (2023): 36.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,104, of which 1.6 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Montois-la-Montagne): 3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MALANCOURT weather station, 4.8 km away at 346 m; the village itself is at 271 m. [10]
The village sits 75 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at METZ-FRESCATY, 16 km away at 192 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 79 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 905 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MALANCOURT, 4.8 km away at 346 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57620/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57620/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57620/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57620/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57620
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57481
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise | 62 | 295 km NW | 4,677 | 60.4 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 73 % |
| Château-Renault | 37 | 416 km SW | 4,392 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ham | 80 | 221 km W | 4,378 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Is-sur-Tille | 21 | 197 km S | 4,302 | 57 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Ferté-Gaucher | 77 | 202 km W | 4,743 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Desvres | 62 | 341 km NW | 4,829 | 62.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is-sur-Tille | 21 | 197 km S | 4,302 | 57 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Ferté-Gaucher | 77 | 202 km W | 4,743 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ham | 80 | 221 km W | 4,378 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise | 62 | 295 km NW | 4,677 | 60.4 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 73 % |
| Desvres | 62 | 341 km NW | 4,829 | 62.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Château-Renault | 37 | 416 km SW | 4,392 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · 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 Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ham | 80 | 221 km W | 4,378 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Ferté-Gaucher | 77 | 202 km W | 4,743 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maintenon | 28 | 331 km W | 4,494 | 51.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Quesnoy | 59 | 207 km NW | 4,878 | 61 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Milly-la-Forêt | 91 | 274 km W | 4,562 | 62.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Plessis-Belleville | 60 | 237 km W | 4,009 | 59 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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