Damvillers

Meuse · CC de Damvillers Spincourt · INSEE 55145

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

Partly served 53.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Damvillers (INSEE 55145) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de Damvillers Spincourt. Population 613 (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/55145-damvillers

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 16,938 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.48	10	4.78
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CANDY SHOP). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA ROULOTTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CROIX BLANCHE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES BASTIEN LEPAGE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RENAUD LETERRIER, MÉDECIN · AURÉLIEN VERDIER, MÉDECIN · HÉLÈNE TOUSSAINT FRANÇOIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES BALLASTIERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ANDRÉ THEURIET). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	CANDY SHOP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA ROULOTTE	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	2	LA CROIX BLANCHE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JULES BASTIEN LEPAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	RENAUD LETERRIER, MÉDECIN · AURÉLIEN VERDIER, MÉDECIN · HÉLÈNE TOUSSAINT FRANÇOIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES BALLASTIERES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE ANDRÉ THEURIET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		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: 588 peak 2012: 679 2023: 613 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 679 (2012) → 613 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 613 (2023): -2.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 361, of which 5.5 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 18.5 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 (Damvillers): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Damvillers): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Damvillers): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Longuyon): 18.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Damvillers): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MOUZAY weather station, 19 km away at 166 m; the village itself is at 208 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MOUZAY, 19 km away at 166 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 935 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DAMVILLERS, 0.6 km away at 206 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55145
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54322
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
Combeaufontaine	70	185 km S	571	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Fénétrange	57	130 km SE	639	52.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Amance	70	178 km S	669	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Condé-en-Brie	02	139 km W	654	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chavanges	10	111 km SW	567	48.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Vailly-sur-Sauldre	18	292 km SW	649	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chavanges	10	111 km SW	567	48.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Fénétrange	57	130 km SE	639	52.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Condé-en-Brie	02	139 km W	654	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Amance	70	178 km S	669	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Combeaufontaine	70	185 km S	571	53	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Vailly-sur-Sauldre	18	292 km SW	649	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · 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 Damvillers'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
Condé-en-Brie	02	139 km W	654	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vauvillers	70	166 km S	602	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sancergues	18	305 km SW	620	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Noroy-le-Bourg	70	203 km S	506	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lavaveix-les-Mines	23	440 km SW	684	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Veaugues	18	303 km SW	593	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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