Saulcy-sur-Meurthe
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 55.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saulcy-sur-Meurthe (INSEE 88445) is in Vosges (88), part of CA de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Population 2,319 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 55.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 84 % of the 8,669 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 | 0.47 | 25 | 11.83 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.58 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.72 | 10 | 7.22 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.7 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (J & C CHOSEROT · CAILLAUD). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA CHEMINEE VOSGIENNE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ SEB ET VERO). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (B.C.D.LES DEUX FRERES SARL · LI YUAN · LE SALERNO · RAPID O GRILL). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE TASSIGNY). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE - JULES FERRY -). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE - PIERRE BERNARD -). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THOMAS LOUYOT, MÉDECIN · ARMELLE GEORGES, MÉDECIN · EMILIE JOLY, MÉDECIN · EUGÉNIE VARLET-DELGOVE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAULCY). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAULCY SUR MEURTHE LPAC AP). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (CHRISTELLE · O COULEURS DE JOHANNA). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | J & C CHOSEROT · CAILLAUD | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | LA CHEMINEE VOSGIENNE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | CHEZ SEB ET VERO | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 4 | B.C.D.LES DEUX FRERES SARL · LI YUAN · LE SALERNO · RAPID O GRILL | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE TASSIGNY | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE - JULES FERRY - | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE - PIERRE BERNARD - | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | THOMAS LOUYOT, MÉDECIN · ARMELLE GEORGES, MÉDECIN · EMILIE JOLY, MÉDECIN · EUGÉNIE VARLET-DELGOVE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE SAULCY | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAULCY SUR MEURTHE LPAC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 3 | CHRISTELLE · O COULEURS DE JOHANNA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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
Population 2,363 (2012) → 2,319 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,898 (1990) → 2,319 (2023): 22.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,255, of which 3 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saulcy-sur-Meurthe): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Léonard): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Saulcy-sur-Meurthe): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Sainte-Marguerite): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saulcy-sur-Meurthe): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the STE MARGUERITE weather station, 3.9 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 390 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BAN-DE-SAPT, 12.4 km away at 590 m, over 20 summers. [11]
That station sits 200 m above 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 1,134 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at STE MARGUERITE, 3.9 km away at 358 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 — 88445/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88445/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88445/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88445/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88445
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88423
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88424
- 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-Gobain | 02 | 302 km NW | 2,288 | 51.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arques-la-Bataille | 76 | 463 km NW | 2,412 | 58.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Douzy | 08 | 212 km NW | 2,134 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lauterbourg | 67 | 121 km NE | 2,324 | 51.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ressons-sur-Matz | 60 | 341 km NW | 1,727 | 62.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières | 69 | 298 km SW | 2,264 | 61.1 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauterbourg | 67 | 121 km NE | 2,324 | 51.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Douzy | 08 | 212 km NW | 2,134 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières | 69 | 298 km SW | 2,264 | 61.1 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Gobain | 02 | 302 km NW | 2,288 | 51.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ressons-sur-Matz | 60 | 341 km NW | 1,727 | 62.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arques-la-Bataille | 76 | 463 km NW | 2,412 | 58.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 18 % · 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 Saulcy-sur-Meurthe'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude | 39 | 224 km SW | 2,351 | 52.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Granges-Aumontzey | 88 | 16 km SW | 2,529 | 59.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châtel-sur-Moselle | 88 | 43 km W | 1,723 | 50.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bessenay | 69 | 329 km SW | 2,331 | 62.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Void-Vacon | 55 | 111 km NW | 1,599 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roche-lez-Beaupré | 25 | 124 km SW | 2,158 | 59.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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