Culey

Identity

Culey (INSEE 55138) is in Meuse (55), part of CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse. Population 122 (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/55138-culey

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 12,371 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

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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 157 (2012) → 122 (2023): -22.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 143 (1990) → 122 (2023): -14.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 71, of which 2.8 % second homes and 15.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Tronville-en-Barrois): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Longeville-en-Barrois): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tronville-en-Barrois): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Tronville-en-Barrois): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Loisey): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BEHONNE_SAPC weather station, 7.3 km away at 301 m; the village itself is at 235 m. ^[11]

The village sits 66 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 ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC, 10.1 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 78 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 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BEHONNE_SAPC, 7.3 km away at 301 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 — 55138/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55138/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55138/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55138/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55519
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55302
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55298
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024