Le Bouchon-sur-Saulx
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 18/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Bouchon-sur-Saulx (INSEE 55061) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 227 (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 18/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 48 % of the 16,726 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.75 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | 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 | 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 245 (2012) → 227 (2023): -7.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 245 (1990) → 227 (2023): -7.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 119, of which 2.5 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Stainville): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Dammarie-sur-Saulx): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Dammarie-sur-Saulx): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Ligny-en-Barrois): 10.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Le Bouchon-sur-Saulx): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC weather station, 19.5 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 238 m. [12]
The village sits 75 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC, 19.5 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. [12]
That station sits 75 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,079 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at VILLERS LE SEC, 4.8 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55061/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55061/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55061/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55061/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55501
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55144
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55291
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55061
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rilly-Sainte-Syre | 10 | 96 km W | 231 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dours | 65 | 710 km SW | 225 | 24.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 % |
| Lorentzen | 67 | 147 km E | 230 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nizy-le-Comte | 02 | 136 km NW | 225 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Auvers-sous-Montfaucon | 72 | 398 km W | 231 | 22 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Abidos | 64 | 735 km SW | 222 | 21.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rilly-Sainte-Syre | 10 | 96 km W | 231 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nizy-le-Comte | 02 | 136 km NW | 225 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lorentzen | 67 | 147 km E | 230 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Auvers-sous-Montfaucon | 72 | 398 km W | 231 | 22 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dours | 65 | 710 km SW | 225 | 24.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 % |
| Abidos | 64 | 735 km SW | 222 | 21.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 46 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Le Bouchon-sur-Saulx'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rilly-Sainte-Syre | 10 | 96 km W | 231 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nizy-le-Comte | 02 | 136 km NW | 225 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Belles-Forêts | 57 | 124 km E | 224 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Royaucourt-et-Chailvet | 02 | 159 km NW | 226 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Destord | 88 | 109 km E | 234 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chaudun | 02 | 163 km NW | 238 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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