Apremont-la-Forêt

Meuse · CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre · INSEE 55012

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Apremont-la-Forêt (INSEE 55012) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre. Population 427 (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 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,967 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.75	10	7.49
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DU CENTRE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (APREMONT LA FORET AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LAMES DE SOIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DU CENTRE	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	APREMONT LA FORET 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	1	LAMES DE SOIE	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: 367 2023: 427 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 393 (2012) → 427 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 342 (1990) → 427 (2023): 24.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 15.8 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km SFood shop — 7.9 km NWGP — 8.0 km NWPharmacy — 8.3 km NW 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 (Apremont-la-Forêt): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Mihiel): 7.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Mihiel): 8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Mihiel): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Apremont-la-Forêt): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 89.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 90 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the RICHECOURT weather station, 9.3 km away at 227 m; the village itself is at 264 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NONSARD, 12.7 km away at 230 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 845 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST MIHIEL, 9 km away at 226 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55012/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55012/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55012/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55012/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55012
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55463
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
Blot-l'Église	63	373 km SW	436	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Pruniers	36	353 km SW	496	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Gouex	86	463 km SW	487	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 20 % · humidity 79 %
Batilly-en-Gâtinais	45	255 km W	447	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 61 %
Fort-du-Plasne	39	250 km S	484	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Ougney	39	180 km S	431	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ougney	39	180 km S	431	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 85 %
Fort-du-Plasne	39	250 km S	484	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Batilly-en-Gâtinais	45	255 km W	447	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 61 %
Pruniers	36	353 km SW	496	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Blot-l'Église	63	373 km SW	436	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Gouex	86	463 km SW	487	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 20 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Apremont-la-Forêt'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
Ussel	15	467 km SW	453	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bauzile	48	513 km S	585	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Villards-d'Héria	39	271 km S	397	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Maussac	19	460 km SW	452	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Presle	73	380 km S	424	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Benoît-la-Chipotte	88	98 km SE	442	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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