Eix

Meuse · CC du Pays d'Étain · INSEE 55171

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

Few services 39.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Eix (INSEE 55171) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Pays d'Étain. Population 270 (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/55171-eix

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 17,588 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.72	10	7.16
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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) (BOULANGERIE JACQUIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA BONNE TABLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (EIX RP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (PLATEL CAROLE COIFFURE · FAMILY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE JACQUIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA BONNE TABLE	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 JEAN DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	EIX RP	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	2	PLATEL CAROLE COIFFURE · FAMILY COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 146 2023: 270 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 257 (2012) → 270 (2023): 5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 222 (1990) → 270 (2023): 21.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 121, of which 3.3 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 7.5 km SWPharmacy — 7.7 km WGP — 7.8 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 (Eix): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Haudainville): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Verdun): 7.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Verdun): 7.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Eix): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 70.6

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VERDUN weather station, 7.1 km away at 210 m; the village itself is at 244 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ROUVRES-EN-WOEVRE, 14.6 km away at 226 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VERDUN, 7.1 km away at 210 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 — 55171/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55171/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55171/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55171/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55171
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55236
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55545
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
Chassagne-Montrachet	21	256 km S	261	32	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Chichée	89	197 km SW	297	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Macqueville	17	570 km SW	297	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Fleury-sur-Loire	58	307 km SW	230	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lonzac	17	596 km SW	267	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 14 %
Arracourt	54	91 km SE	254	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arracourt	54	91 km SE	254	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chichée	89	197 km SW	297	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chassagne-Montrachet	21	256 km S	261	32	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Fleury-sur-Loire	58	307 km SW	230	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Macqueville	17	570 km SW	297	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 71 %
Lonzac	17	596 km SW	267	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Eix'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
Arracourt	54	91 km SE	254	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Maizières	70	191 km S	317	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Traves	70	178 km S	345	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Tagsdorf	68	218 km SE	325	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Matton-et-Clémency	08	58 km N	424	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chavannes-les-Grands	90	210 km SE	345	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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