Dombasle-en-Argonne

Meuse · CC Argonne-Meuse · INSEE 55155

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

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dombasle-en-Argonne (INSEE 55155) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Argonne-Meuse. Population 365 (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/55155-dombasle-en-argonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 18,070 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.42	10	4.24
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (BELLA PIZZA · LES PO'POTES AMBULANTES). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CÉLINE GUILLOUX, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE KAISER, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN FAYON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DOMBASLE EN ARGONNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (DOMBASLE EN ARGONNE AP). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	BELLA PIZZA · LES PO'POTES AMBULANTES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CÉLINE GUILLOUX, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE KAISER, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN FAYON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DOMBASLE EN ARGONNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	DOMBASLE EN ARGONNE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 407 peak 2012: 432 2023: 365 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 432 (2012) → 365 (2023): -15.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 395 (1990) → 365 (2023): -7.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 192, of which 5.2 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 8.7 km SWFood shop — 9.3 km W 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 (Rarécourt): 8.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Clermont-en-Argonne): 9.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dombasle-en-Argonne): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dombasle-en-Argonne): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dombasle-en-Argonne): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 62.2

Muggy days a summer 1

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUBREVILLE_SAPC weather station, 7.2 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 218 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SEPTSARGES, 15.6 km away at 293 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 75 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 989 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DOMBASLE, 0.1 km away at 215 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55155/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55155/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55155/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55155/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55416
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55155
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
Laboutarie	81	640 km SW	521	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Pagney	39	213 km S	392	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Domèvre-en-Haye	54	65 km SE	410	46.9	Partly served	no figures
Magnières	54	127 km SE	290	27.7	Few services	no figures
Chamblay	39	241 km S	423	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Marly-Gomont	02	132 km NW	483	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Domèvre-en-Haye	54	65 km SE	410	46.9	Partly served	no figures
Magnières	54	127 km SE	290	27.7	Few services	no figures
Marly-Gomont	02	132 km NW	483	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Pagney	39	213 km S	392	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Chamblay	39	241 km S	423	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Laboutarie	81	640 km SW	521	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Dombasle-en-Argonne'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
Chamblay	39	241 km S	423	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Grozon	39	253 km S	386	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Monthois	08	40 km NW	390	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Montiéramey	10	120 km SW	398	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Thiéblemont-Farémont	51	60 km SW	513	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montalet-le-Bois	78	245 km W	322	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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