Les Hauts-de-Chée

Meuse · CC de l'Aire à l'Argonne · INSEE 55123

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 25.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Hauts-de-Chée (INSEE 55123) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de l'Aire à l'Argonne. Population 693 (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 25.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 16,411 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.36	10	3.64
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU PRE VERT). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES HAUTS DE CHEE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LA MARMITTE DES FEES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU PRE VERT	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LES HAUTS DE CHEE 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	1	LA MARMITTE DES FEES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 810 2023: 693 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 745 (2012) → 693 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 802 (1990) → 693 (2023): -13.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 390, of which 4.9 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.8 km SWBakery — 5.8 km SEFood shop — 8.5 km SEGP — 9.2 km SPharmacy — 9.2 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 (Vavincourt): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rumont): 8.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fains-Véel): 9.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Fains-Véel): 9.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Hauts-de-Chée): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.3

Days at or below 0 °C 41.9

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CONDE_SAPC weather station, 1.1 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 214 m. ^[12]

The village sits 51 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 CHAUMONT - SA, 9.1 km away at 240 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 916 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CONDE_SAPC, 1.1 km away at 265 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55123/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55123/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55123/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55123/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55541
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55446
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55123
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courbillac	16	530 km SW	725	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Les Essards	17	562 km SW	740	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin	37	381 km SW	688	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Greneville-en-Beauce	45	238 km W	654	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Brosville	27	297 km W	670	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fendeille	11	670 km SW	658	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Greneville-en-Beauce	45	238 km W	654	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Brosville	27	297 km W	670	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin	37	381 km SW	688	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Courbillac	16	530 km SW	725	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Les Essards	17	562 km SW	740	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Fendeille	11	670 km SW	658	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 73 % · 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 Les Hauts-de-Chée'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
La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin	37	381 km SW	688	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Brosville	27	297 km W	670	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Brillon-en-Barrois	55	18 km S	704	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Condé-sur-Marne	51	75 km W	747	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-Marmery	51	77 km NW	579	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Torcenay	52	119 km S	546	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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