Brieulles-sur-Meuse
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 17.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Brieulles-sur-Meuse (INSEE 55078) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois. Population 318 (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 17.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 35 % of the 17,908 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 | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Housing mix | 0.85 | 5 | 4.23 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BRIEULLES SUR MEUSE AP). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA PRAIRIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | BRIEULLES SUR MEUSE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | CAMPING LA PRAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 339 (2012) → 318 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 356 (1990) → 318 (2023): -10.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 195, of which 7.7 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Dannevoux): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Brieulles-sur-Meuse): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Dun-sur-Meuse): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Varennes-en-Argonne): 15.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Dun-sur-Meuse): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the SEPTSARGES weather station, 6.8 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 181 m. [12]
The village sits 112 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 SEPTSARGES, 6.8 km away at 293 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 112 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 871 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at DUN-SUR-MEUSE, 5.2 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
23 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 75,000 € — 684 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Meuse is 893 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]
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
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55078/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55078/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55078/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55078/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55146
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55078
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55167
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55527
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Équancourt | 80 | 174 km NW | 300 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Graves-Saint-Amant | 16 | 570 km SW | 326 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| Purgerot | 70 | 186 km S | 327 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ounans | 39 | 263 km S | 326 | 26.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon | 79 | 470 km SW | 325 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 82 % |
| Villebaudon | 50 | 463 km W | 327 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Équancourt | 80 | 174 km NW | 300 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Purgerot | 70 | 186 km S | 327 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ounans | 39 | 263 km S | 326 | 26.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villebaudon | 50 | 463 km W | 327 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon | 79 | 470 km SW | 325 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 82 % |
| Graves-Saint-Amant | 16 | 570 km SW | 326 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Brieulles-sur-Meuse'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Équancourt | 80 | 174 km NW | 300 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Malmaison | 02 | 89 km W | 403 | 21.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pronville-en-Artois | 62 | 182 km NW | 307 | 20.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Monceau-le-Neuf-et-Faucouzy | 02 | 123 km NW | 320 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gruny | 80 | 176 km W | 303 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rembercourt-Sommaisne | 55 | 47 km S | 309 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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