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Bislée

Meuse · CC du Sammiellois · INSEE 55054

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

No daily shops 14.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bislée (INSEE 55054) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Sammiellois. Population 63 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/55054-bislee

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 6,519 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.3102.97
Housing mix0.5952.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SAMBRE ET MEUSE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL RESTAURANT LA TABLE DES BONS PERES). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
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]
Restaurant1SAMBRE ET MEUSEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hotel1HÔTEL RESTAURANT LA TABLE DES BONS PERESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 83 peak 1975: 89 2023: 63 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 60 (2012) → 63 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 79 (1990) → 63 (2023): -20.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 39, of which 20.5 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.9 km NE (Chauvoncourt)GP — 4.0 km NE (Saint-Mihiel)Primary school — 4.1 km NE (Saint-Mihiel)Bakery — 4.3 km S (Sampigny)Pharmacy — 4.3 km NE (Saint-Mihiel)
Food shop — 3.9 km NEGP — 4.0 km NEPrimary school — 4.1 km NEBakery — 4.3 km SPharmacy — 4.3 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 (Sampigny): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Chauvoncourt): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Mihiel): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Mihiel): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Mihiel): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC weather station, 14.7 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 222 m. [11]

The village sits 91 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC, 14.7 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. [11]

That station sits 91 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 845 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST MIHIEL, 4.4 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55054/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55054/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55054/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55054/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55467
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55111
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55463
  11. 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
L'Albère66738 km S6421.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %
Les Cent-Acres76331 km W6522.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Bartherans25206 km S6020.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Échevis26427 km S5822.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Apremont-sur-Allier18284 km SW6614No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-Luc19462 km SW6513.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bartherans25206 km S6020.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Apremont-sur-Allier18284 km SW6614No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Les Cent-Acres76331 km W6522.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Échevis26427 km S5822.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-Luc19462 km SW6513.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
L'Albère66738 km S6421.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 30 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Bislée'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
Saint-Hilaire-Luc19462 km SW6513.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chuffilly-Roche0891 km NW6913.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bouhey21195 km S5319.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Tarquimpol5793 km E6015.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Larret70138 km S6310.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Abergement-le-Grand39218 km S6123.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %