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Chaillon

Meuse · CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre · INSEE 55096

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

No daily shops 10.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chaillon (INSEE 55096) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre. Population 110 (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/55096-chaillon

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 11,472 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 trend0.55105.48
Housing mix0.7653.82

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 counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 116 2023: 110 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 101 (2012) → 110 (2023): 8.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 105 (1990) → 110 (2023): 4.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 68, of which 11.8 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 6.1 km NE (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel)Primary school — 6.5 km NE (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel)GP — 6.5 km NE (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel)Pharmacy — 6.5 km NE (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel)Food shop — 8.0 km NE (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel)
Bakery — 6.1 km NEPrimary school — 6.5 km NEGP — 6.5 km NEPharmacy — 6.5 km NEFood shop — 8.0 km NE 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 (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel): 8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel): 6.5 km to the north-east (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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the NONSARD weather station, 9.1 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 262 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at NONSARD, 9.1 km away at 230 m, over 22 summers. [9]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at VIGNEULLES, 5.8 km away at 258 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 — 55096/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55096/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55096/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55096/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55551
  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
Champfleury10125 km W1108.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Gomméville21138 km SW1107.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Pin82653 km SW1118.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Sommesnil76370 km W11016.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Unienville10106 km SW1097.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Arconville10110 km SW1086.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Unienville10106 km SW1097.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Arconville10110 km SW1086.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Champfleury10125 km W1108.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Gomméville21138 km SW1107.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sommesnil76370 km W11016.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Le Pin82653 km SW1118.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 65 % · 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 Chaillon'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
Arconville10110 km SW1086.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vého5488 km SE11213.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Channes10152 km SW1087.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Thuillières8892 km S1086.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Forléans21194 km SW11215.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Autrécourt-sur-Aire5538 km W10910.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %