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Vernéville

Moselle · Metz Métropole · INSEE 57707

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vernéville (INSEE 57707) is in Moselle (57), part of Metz Métropole. Population 715 (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/57707-verneville

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 16,325 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.77107.65
Housing mix0.9954.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

2 × Restaurant (SOCIETE CIVILE D'EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE CHANTEREINE · GIVREES). [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VERNEVILLE AP). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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]
Restaurant2SOCIETE CIVILE D'EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE CHANTEREINE · GIVREESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1VERNEVILLE APINSEE BPE 1 [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: 438 2023: 715 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 601 (2012) → 715 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 565 (1990) → 715 (2023): 26.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 298, of which 0.3 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.9 km NE (Amanvillers)GP — 3.9 km NE (Amanvillers)Pharmacy — 4.3 km NE (Amanvillers)Food shop — 4.4 km NE (Amanvillers)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km NEGP — 3.9 km NEPharmacy — 4.3 km NEFood shop — 4.4 km NE 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 (Amanvillers): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Amanvillers): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Amanvillers): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Amanvillers): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vernéville): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MALANCOURT weather station, 9 km away at 346 m; the village itself is at 323 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at METZ-FRESCATY, 12.5 km away at 192 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 131 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, 9 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57707/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57707/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57707/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57707/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57017
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 57707
  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
Villiers-le-Sec52134 km SW71033.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
La Grandville08112 km NW75329.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Viterne5462 km S73830.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Louvemont52104 km SW69427.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Salmbach67152 km E58530.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Preixan11726 km SW63733.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 46 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Viterne5462 km S73830.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Louvemont52104 km SW69427.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Grandville08112 km NW75329.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-le-Sec52134 km SW71033.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Salmbach67152 km E58530.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Preixan11726 km SW63733.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 46 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Vernéville'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
La Grandville08112 km NW75329.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Viterne5462 km S73830.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Xeuilley5465 km S95931.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Diéval62293 km NW70921.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Châtres77238 km W71430.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Festieux02168 km W70432.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %