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Saulny

Moselle · Metz Métropole · INSEE 57634

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

Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulny (INSEE 57634) is in Moselle (57), part of Metz Métropole. Population 1,590 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/57634-saulny

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 11,219 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.91109.12
Housing mix0.9854.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA DU GOURMET TA CASA · LA BONNE BOUFFE). [3,4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES QUATRE VENTS). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE TEMPS D'UNE PAUSE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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]
Restaurant2PIZZA DU GOURMET TA CASA · LA BONNE BOUFFEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES QUATRE VENTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE POLYVALENTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LE TEMPS D'UNE PAUSEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 645 2023: 1,590 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,456 (2012) → 1,590 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,126 (1990) → 1,590 (2023): 41.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 704, of which 0.9 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.6 km SE (Lorry-lès-Metz)Food shop — 2.9 km E (Woippy)GP — 3.2 km E (Woippy)Pharmacy — 3.2 km E (Woippy)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km SEFood shop — 2.9 km EGP — 3.2 km EPharmacy — 3.2 km E 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 (Lorry-lès-Metz): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Woippy): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Woippy): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Woippy): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saulny): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MALANCOURT weather station, 7.5 km away at 346 m; the village itself is at 266 m. [11]

The village sits 80 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at METZ-FRESCATY, 10.1 km away at 192 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 74 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 905 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MALANCOURT, 7.5 km away at 346 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57634/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57634/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57634/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57634/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57415
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57751
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57634
  11. 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
Esches60286 km W1,62327.9Few servicesno figures
Roussy-le-Village5733 km N1,59226.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Valframbert61446 km W1,67830Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cuvat74354 km S1,66527.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
D'Huison-Longueville91288 km W1,55725.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes79563 km SW1,38426.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Roussy-le-Village5733 km N1,59226.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Esches60286 km W1,62327.9Few servicesno figures
D'Huison-Longueville91288 km W1,55725.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cuvat74354 km S1,66527.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Valframbert61446 km W1,67830Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes79563 km SW1,38426.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %

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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 Saulny'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
Valframbert61446 km W1,67830Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
D'Huison-Longueville91288 km W1,55725.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-sur-Coudun60242 km W1,42129.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paër76381 km W1,30827Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lormaison60291 km W1,24721.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gidy45340 km W2,08435.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %