Fains-Véel

Meuse · CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse · INSEE 55186

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

Few services 38.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fains-Véel (INSEE 55186) is in Meuse (55), part of CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse. Population 2,080 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/55186-fains-veel

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 9,347 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.35	10	3.5
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MASSINI · MAGINOT). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (JEROME LESEUR TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ESTEBLOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YAN DIDELOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES SOURCES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE CAROLINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE MASSINI · MAGINOT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	JEROME LESEUR TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	L'ESTEBLOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	YAN DIDELOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES SOURCES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	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	LE SALON DE CAROLINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 2,606 2023: 2,080 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,224 (2012) → 2,080 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,447 (1990) → 2,080 (2023): -15 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,008, of which 2 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Fains-Véel): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fains-Véel): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fains-Véel): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fains-Véel): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fains-Véel): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.4

Days at or below 0 °C 37.8

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BEHONNE_SAPC weather station, 4.8 km away at 301 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[9]

The village sits 121 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VASSINCOURT, 6.9 km away at 187 m, over 19 summers. ^[9]

An average of 889 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BEHONNE_SAPC, 4.8 km away at 301 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55186/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55186/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55186/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55186/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55186
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
Brax	47	618 km SW	2,098	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Mathay	25	194 km SE	2,115	50.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Lacroix-Falgarde	31	654 km SW	2,030	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Creney-près-Troyes	10	89 km SW	2,013	48.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rogatien	17	550 km SW	2,364	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Quarouble	59	208 km NW	3,145	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Creney-près-Troyes	10	89 km SW	2,013	48.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Mathay	25	194 km SE	2,115	50.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Quarouble	59	208 km NW	3,145	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rogatien	17	550 km SW	2,364	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Brax	47	618 km SW	2,098	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Lacroix-Falgarde	31	654 km SW	2,030	49.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Fains-Véel'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
Weitbruch	67	194 km E	2,711	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pierry	51	90 km W	1,264	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Morsbach	57	134 km E	2,635	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mettray	37	364 km W	2,070	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Isneauville	76	300 km W	3,716	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Dizy	51	90 km W	1,482	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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