Amel-sur-l'Étang
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 18.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Amel-sur-l'Étang (INSEE 55008) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de Damvillers Spincourt. Population 153 (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 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 65 % of the 14,226 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.59 |
| Housing mix | 0.79 | 5 | 3.94 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'AMELINOISE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 1 | L'AMELINOISE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 176 (2012) → 153 (2023): -13.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 132 (1990) → 153 (2023): 15.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 85, of which 10.6 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Amel-sur-l'Étang): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Étain): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Étain): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Étain): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Dommary-Baroncourt): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ROUVRES-EN-WOEVRE weather station, 5.4 km away at 226 m; the village itself is at 228 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ROUVRES-EN-WOEVRE, 5.4 km away at 226 m, over 14 summers. [11]
An average of 678 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ROUVRES-EN-WOEVRE, 5.4 km away at 226 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 — 55008/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55008/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55008/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55008/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55008
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55181
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55158
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grésigny-Sainte-Reine | 21 | 208 km SW | 147 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tocqueville | 27 | 365 km W | 140 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arnicourt | 08 | 100 km W | 148 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roffey | 89 | 197 km SW | 148 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Magnivray | 70 | 176 km S | 162 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montot | 70 | 189 km S | 139 | 20.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnicourt | 08 | 100 km W | 148 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Magnivray | 70 | 176 km S | 162 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montot | 70 | 189 km S | 139 | 20.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roffey | 89 | 197 km SW | 148 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Grésigny-Sainte-Reine | 21 | 208 km SW | 147 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tocqueville | 27 | 365 km W | 140 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · 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 Amel-sur-l'Étang'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnicourt | 08 | 100 km W | 148 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lucenay-le-Duc | 21 | 202 km SW | 196 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Germiny | 54 | 84 km S | 188 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Breugnon | 58 | 261 km SW | 153 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lignol-le-Château | 10 | 131 km SW | 155 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monthiers | 02 | 172 km W | 157 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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