Bure

Identity

Bure (INSEE 55087) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 93 (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/55087-bure

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 9,855 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL BOULANGERIE WAGNER). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE BINDEUIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BURE RP). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE BINDEUIL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 86 (2012) → 93 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 92 (1990) → 93 (2023): 1.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 57, of which 8.8 % second homes and 19.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bure): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gondrecourt-le-Château): 11.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gondrecourt-le-Château): 10.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gondrecourt-le-Château): 11 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Échenay): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the HOUDELAINCOURT weather station, 12.7 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 337 m. ^[11]

The village sits 53 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 HOUDELAINCOURT, 12.7 km away at 390 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 53 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 1,063 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BIENCOURT-SUR-O, 6.4 km away at 295 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 — 55087/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55087/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55087/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55087/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55087
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55215
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52181
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024