Beausite

Meuse · CC de l'Aire à l'Argonne · INSEE 55040

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

No daily shops 17.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beausite (INSEE 55040) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de l'Aire à l'Argonne. Population 257 (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 17.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,348 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.26	10	2.63
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES GOURMANDISES DE MIMI). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'AFR 2 RUE BERNE). ^[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. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES GOURMANDISES DE MIMI	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	1	BEAUSITE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'AFR 2 RUE BERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 420 2023: 257 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 257 (2012) → 257 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 337 (1990) → 257 (2023): -23.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 164, of which 9.1 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 3.7 km NWGP — 9.6 km WFood shop — 15.8 km SPharmacy — 18.8 km N 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 (Beausite): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rumont): 15.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Seuil-d'Argonne): 9.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dombasle-en-Argonne): 18.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Nubécourt): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 77.7

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the CHAUMONT - SA weather station, 6.5 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 229 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at CHAUMONT - SA, 6.5 km away at 240 m, over 11 summers. ^[13]

An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at CHAUMONT - SA, 6.5 km away at 240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55040/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55040/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55040/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55040/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55040
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55446
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55517
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55389
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
Arçay	86	445 km SW	343	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Tieffenbach	67	150 km E	243	15.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Martaizé	86	445 km SW	355	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Rarécourt	55	13 km N	195	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Coulanges	03	293 km S	285	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amadou	09	704 km SW	283	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 26 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rarécourt	55	13 km N	195	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Tieffenbach	67	150 km E	243	15.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Coulanges	03	293 km S	285	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Arçay	86	445 km SW	343	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Martaizé	86	445 km SW	355	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Amadou	09	704 km SW	283	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 26 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Beausite'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
Aubigny-les-Pothées	08	105 km NW	306	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Barbe	88	129 km SE	267	13.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Remilly-les-Pothées	08	102 km NW	264	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Jussarupt	88	146 km SE	256	10.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Dampierre	52	114 km S	382	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Courmas	51	97 km W	237	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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