Dombras
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Dombras (INSEE 55156) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de Damvillers Spincourt. Population 140 (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 9.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 16 % of the 13,571 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.66 |
| Housing mix | 0.68 | 5 | 3.39 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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]
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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 131 (2012) → 140 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 145 (1990) → 140 (2023): -3.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 87, of which 16.1 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Damvillers): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Marville): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Longuyon): 11.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Marville): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [12]
Measured at the MOUZAY weather station, 19.5 km away at 166 m; the village itself is at 212 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at MOUZAY, 19.5 km away at 166 m, over 18 summers. [12]
An average of 935 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at DAMVILLERS, 7.6 km away at 206 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 106,300 € — 627 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Meuse is 893 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55156/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55156/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55156/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55156/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55461
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55145
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55324
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 54322
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainvelle | 88 | 158 km S | 140 | 8.8 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Viger | 65 | 821 km SW | 141 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Halles-sous-les-Côtes | 55 | 25 km W | 138 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Velosnes | 55 | 13 km N | 140 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Voigny | 10 | 138 km S | 141 | 5.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Écretteville-sur-Mer | 76 | 361 km W | 140 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 41 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velosnes | 55 | 13 km N | 140 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Halles-sous-les-Côtes | 55 | 25 km W | 138 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Voigny | 10 | 138 km S | 141 | 5.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ainvelle | 88 | 158 km S | 140 | 8.8 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Écretteville-sur-Mer | 76 | 361 km W | 140 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 41 % |
| Viger | 65 | 821 km SW | 141 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Dombras'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halles-sous-les-Côtes | 55 | 25 km W | 138 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Velosnes | 55 | 13 km N | 140 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orveau | 91 | 254 km SW | 141 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maconge | 21 | 250 km S | 138 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jouaignes | 02 | 140 km W | 141 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lasson | 89 | 191 km SW | 141 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
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