Doulcon

Meuse · CC du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois · INSEE 55165

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

Few services 31.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Doulcon (INSEE 55165) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois. Population 421 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 31.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,948 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.37	10	3.72
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (OKAASDAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE L'ECLUSE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LIVRES EN CAMPAGNE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	NALONY	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	1	OKAASDAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE L'ECLUSE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE LIVRES EN CAMPAGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 393 peak 1990: 483 2023: 421 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 448 (2012) → 421 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 483 (1990) → 421 (2023): -12.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 247, of which 10.9 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 0.7 km NEBakery — 1.1 km NEGP — 1.1 km NEPrimary school — 1.6 km NEPharmacy — 12.3 km N 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 (Dun-sur-Meuse): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Doulcon): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dun-sur-Meuse): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Stenay): 12.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Dun-sur-Meuse): 1.6 km to the north-east (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. ^[11]

Measured at the MOUZAY weather station, 9.2 km away at 166 m; the village itself is at 181 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MOUZAY, 9.2 km away at 166 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 871 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DUN-SUR-MEUSE, 1.1 km away at 175 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 — 55165/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55165/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55165/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55165/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55167
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55502
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
Vieux-Moulin	88	173 km SE	326	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin	67	193 km SE	374	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fleury	60	233 km W	592	46.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Premeaux-Prissey	21	253 km S	377	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir	34	632 km S	461	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Hattmatt	67	177 km E	619	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vieux-Moulin	88	173 km SE	326	33.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Hattmatt	67	177 km E	619	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin	67	193 km SE	374	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fleury	60	233 km W	592	46.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Premeaux-Prissey	21	253 km S	377	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Beauvoir	34	632 km S	461	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Doulcon'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
Angecourt	08	31 km NW	382	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Suzannecourt	52	104 km S	351	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Soisy-Bouy	77	168 km SW	850	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Plancherine	73	422 km S	471	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Hecq	59	141 km NW	353	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Friesen	68	249 km SE	651	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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