Érize-la-Petite
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Érize-la-Petite (INSEE 55177) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de l'Aire à l'Argonne. Population 45 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 10.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 44 % of the 4,093 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 | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.35 | 10 | 3.49 |
| Housing mix | 0.7 | 5 | 3.52 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ERIZE LA PETITE AP). [3]
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, 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 | 1 | ERIZE LA PETITE 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
Population 68 (2012) → 45 (2023): -33.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 53 (1990) → 45 (2023): -15.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 27, of which 14.8 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Beausite): 6.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rumont): 9.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Pierrefitte-sur-Aire): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Fains-Véel): 16.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Pierrefitte-sur-Aire): 7 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CHAUMONT - SA weather station, 1.3 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 239 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CHAUMONT - SA, 1.3 km away at 240 m, over 11 summers. [12]
An average of 910 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CHAUMONT - SA, 1.3 km away at 240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
No price figures: fewer than five comparable sales were registered here between 2021 and 2025. A median of two sales is not a median. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55177/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55177/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55177/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55177/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55040
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55446
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55404
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55186
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coigneux | 80 | 236 km NW | 45 | 7.8 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Boffles | 62 | 265 km NW | 46 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 38 % |
| Vaux-lès-Rubigny | 08 | 115 km NW | 45 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 70 % |
| Dommartin-sous-Hans | 51 | 41 km NW | 45 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vuillery | 02 | 146 km NW | 43 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aubous | 64 | 723 km SW | 45 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 39 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dommartin-sous-Hans | 51 | 41 km NW | 45 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaux-lès-Rubigny | 08 | 115 km NW | 45 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 70 % |
| Vuillery | 02 | 146 km NW | 43 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coigneux | 80 | 236 km NW | 45 | 7.8 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Boffles | 62 | 265 km NW | 46 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 38 % |
| Aubous | 64 | 723 km SW | 45 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 39 % |
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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 Érize-la-Petite'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaincourt-sur-Meuse | 52 | 89 km S | 47 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Courcelles-sur-Aire | 55 | 1.8 km N | 43 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Flassigny | 55 | 63 km N | 43 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lamadeleine-Val-des-Anges | 90 | 179 km SE | 46 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bouzemont | 88 | 105 km SE | 44 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vougrey | 10 | 119 km SW | 39 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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