Bouligny
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bouligny (INSEE 55063) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Coeur du Pays Haut. Population 2,507 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/55063-bouligny
Vitality score
Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 19 % of the 8,229 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.77 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.35 | 10 | 3.5 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (LE 72 TACOS BURGER KEBAB). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LANGEVIN). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB ROBESPIERRE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JACQUES-FRANCOIS DUCROCQ, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BOULIGNY). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE EMILE ZOLA). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE LANGEVIN WALLON QUARTIER ST PIERRE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 3 | LE 72 TACOS BURGER KEBAB | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LANGEVIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB ROBESPIERRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | JACQUES-FRANCOIS DUCROCQ, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE BOULIGNY | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE EMILE ZOLA | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE LANGEVIN WALLON QUARTIER ST PIERRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 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 2,697 (2012) → 2,507 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,951 (1990) → 2,507 (2023): -15 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,360, of which 1.4 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bouligny): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Piennes): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Bouligny): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Joudreville): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Bouligny): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
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, 8.6 km away at 226 m; the village itself is at 268 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ROUVRES-EN-WOEVRE, 8.6 km away at 226 m, over 14 summers. [11]
An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BOULIGNY, 1.9 km away at 250 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
270 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 98,600 € — 1,099 € per m² of built surface. [12]
25 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 98,000 € — 812 € per m². [12]
The median across Meuse is 893 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55063/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55063/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55063/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55063/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55063
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 54425
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 54284
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennautier | 11 | 722 km SW | 2,895 | 45.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 % |
| Pontcarré | 77 | 228 km W | 2,136 | 39.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lamanon | 13 | 624 km S | 2,097 | 43.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 % |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens | 83 | 645 km S | 2,818 | 43.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monchecourt | 59 | 213 km NW | 2,516 | 40.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dettwiller | 67 | 140 km SE | 2,558 | 49.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dettwiller | 67 | 140 km SE | 2,558 | 49.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monchecourt | 59 | 213 km NW | 2,516 | 40.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pontcarré | 77 | 228 km W | 2,136 | 39.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lamanon | 13 | 624 km S | 2,097 | 43.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 % |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens | 83 | 645 km S | 2,818 | 43.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pennautier | 11 | 722 km SW | 2,895 | 45.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 46 % · 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 Bouligny'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontcarré | 77 | 228 km W | 2,136 | 39.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Monchecourt | 59 | 213 km NW | 2,516 | 40.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tucquegnieux | 54 | 12 km E | 2,441 | 36.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valleroy | 54 | 17 km SE | 2,375 | 40.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rosières-aux-Salines | 54 | 89 km SE | 2,810 | 43.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pouxeux | 88 | 145 km SE | 1,947 | 46.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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