Varize-Vaudoncourt

Moselle · CC Houve - Pays Boulageois · INSEE 57695

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

Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varize-Vaudoncourt (INSEE 57695) is in Moselle (57), part of CC Houve - Pays Boulageois. Population 508 (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 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 17,729 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	0.62	10	6.24
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

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 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GR SCOL DES SAULES DE LA NIED). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AUX AMES GALANTES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GR SCOL DES SAULES DE LA NIED	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	AUX AMES GALANTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 345 peak 2017: 552 2023: 508 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 529 (2012) → 508 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 452 (1990) → 508 (2023): 12.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 226, of which 0.9 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.6 km EBakery — 4.7 km SWFood shop — 5.2 km SGP — 5.3 km SWPharmacy — 5.3 km SW 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 (Courcelles-Chaussy): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Raville): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Courcelles-Chaussy): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Courcelles-Chaussy): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Varize-Vaudoncourt): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.8

Days at or below 0 °C 76.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COURCELLES-CHAUSSY weather station, 6.2 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 239 m. ^[11]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOULAY, 3.7 km away at 214 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57695/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57695/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57695/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57695/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57563
INSEE BPE 2025 — 57695
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
Vallègue	31	730 km SW	509	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 47 %
Biltzheim	68	148 km SE	510	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 91 %
Isle-Aumont	10	200 km SW	505	18	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 %
Roëllecourt	62	323 km NW	516	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 39 %
Sanry-lès-Vigy	57	14 km NW	507	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Harcy	08	158 km NW	515	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sanry-lès-Vigy	57	14 km NW	507	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Biltzheim	68	148 km SE	510	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 91 %
Harcy	08	158 km NW	515	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Isle-Aumont	10	200 km SW	505	18	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 %
Roëllecourt	62	323 km NW	516	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 39 %
Vallègue	31	730 km SW	509	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 47 %

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