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Brabant-le-Roi

Meuse · CC du Pays de Revigny-sur-Ornain · INSEE 55069

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brabant-le-Roi (INSEE 55069) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Pays de Revigny-sur-Ornain. Population 221 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/55069-brabant-le-roi

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 16,569 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.42104.17
Housing mix0.9854.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 168 peak 2007: 251 2023: 221 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 225 (2012) → 221 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 241 (1990) → 221 (2023): -8.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 109, of which 0.9 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.8 km S (Revigny-sur-Ornain)Food shop — 1.9 km S (Revigny-sur-Ornain)Primary school — 1.9 km S (Revigny-sur-Ornain)GP — 1.9 km S (Revigny-sur-Ornain)Pharmacy — 2.6 km S (Revigny-sur-Ornain)
Bakery — 1.8 km SFood shop — 1.9 km SPrimary school — 1.9 km SGP — 1.9 km SPharmacy — 2.6 km S 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 (Revigny-sur-Ornain): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Revigny-sur-Ornain): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Revigny-sur-Ornain): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Revigny-sur-Ornain): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Revigny-sur-Ornain): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the VASSINCOURT weather station, 5.5 km away at 187 m; the village itself is at 154 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at VASSINCOURT, 5.5 km away at 187 m, over 19 summers. [9]

An average of 901 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at REVIGNY-SUR-ORNAIN, 1.3 km away at 143 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55069/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55069/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55069/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55069/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55427
  9. 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
Bouleuse5193 km NW22116No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Lonçon64728 km SW22117.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Mazerolles-le-Salin25190 km S21817.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Petit-Tenquin57138 km E21711.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Crapeaumesnil60182 km NW22517.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Coulonges17544 km SW22213.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bouleuse5193 km NW22116No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Petit-Tenquin57138 km E21711.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Crapeaumesnil60182 km NW22517.5No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mazerolles-le-Salin25190 km S21817.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Coulonges17544 km SW22213.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 21 %
Lonçon64728 km SW22117.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Brabant-le-Roi'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
Krautwiller67198 km E22017.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Frestoy-Vaux60192 km NW22412.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Reims-la-Brûlée5127 km SW21413.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vélye5163 km W22817.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Magny-lès-Aubigny21193 km S21913.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Guerpont5524 km SE2319.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %