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Dannevoux

Meuse · CC du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois · INSEE 55146

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 14.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dannevoux (INSEE 55146) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois. Population 188 (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/55146-dannevoux

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 15,585 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.44104.4
Housing mix0.5852.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 229 2023: 188 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 214 (2012) → 188 (2023): -12.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 200 (1990) → 188 (2023): -6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 20.8 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 2.8 km NE (Sivry-sur-Meuse)GP — 4.3 km SE (Consenvoye)Food shop — 5.1 km NW (Brieulles-sur-Meuse)Pharmacy — 16.6 km SW (Varennes-en-Argonne)
In the commune Bakery Primary school — 2.8 km NEGP — 4.3 km SEFood shop — 5.1 km NWPharmacy — 16.6 km SW 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 (Dannevoux): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Brieulles-sur-Meuse): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Consenvoye): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Varennes-en-Argonne): 16.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Sivry-sur-Meuse): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [12]

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the SEPTSARGES weather station, 6.9 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 189 m. [13]

The village sits 104 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. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at SEPTSARGES, 6.9 km away at 293 m, over 30 summers. [13]

That station sits 104 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 935 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at SEPTSARGES, 6.9 km away at 293 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55146/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55146/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55146/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55146/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55146
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55078
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55124
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55527
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55490
  13. 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
Le Mesnil50502 km W18918.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 47 %
Gizia39309 km S18613.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Pressigny52176 km S19512.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Sauguis-Saint-Étienne64830 km SW17213.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 69 %
Anglars46567 km SW21818.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Plagne01348 km S15921.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pressigny52176 km S19512.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Gizia39309 km S18613.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Plagne01348 km S15921.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil50502 km W18918.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 47 %
Anglars46567 km SW21818.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Sauguis-Saint-Étienne64830 km SW17213.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 69 %

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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 Dannevoux'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
Fontaine-les-Ribouts28300 km W1868.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Mornay-Berry18306 km SW17711.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Crépin-aux-Bois60164 km W1897.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-Robert14453 km W18120Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Les Étilleux28345 km W20410.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Vauchonvilliers10127 km SW17413No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %