Forges-sur-Meuse
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Forges-sur-Meuse (INSEE 55193) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Argonne-Meuse. Population 121 (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 8.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 13 % of the 12,255 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 | 0.36 | 10 | 3.64 |
| Housing mix | 0.74 | 5 | 3.71 |
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 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 116 (2012) → 121 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 140 (1990) → 121 (2023): -13.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 70, of which 12.9 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Brabant-sur-Meuse): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bras-sur-Meuse): 9.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Consenvoye): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Belleville-sur-Meuse): 11.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Consenvoye): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the SEPTSARGES weather station, 10 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 191 m. [12]
The village sits 102 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at SEPTSARGES, 10 km away at 293 m, over 30 summers. [12]
That station sits 102 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 937 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at BRAS-SUR-MEUSE, 8.8 km away at 194 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55193/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55193/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55193/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55193/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55070
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55073
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55124
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55043
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montjustin-et-Velotte | 70 | 200 km SE | 122 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Goussancourt | 02 | 118 km W | 120 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 % |
| Lanleff | 22 | 611 km W | 121 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chalancey | 52 | 177 km S | 121 | 10 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cesse | 55 | 29 km N | 119 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aumont | 80 | 252 km W | 119 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesse | 55 | 29 km N | 119 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Goussancourt | 02 | 118 km W | 120 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 % |
| Chalancey | 52 | 177 km S | 121 | 10 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montjustin-et-Velotte | 70 | 200 km SE | 122 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aumont | 80 | 252 km W | 119 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lanleff | 22 | 611 km W | 121 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Forges-sur-Meuse'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monampteuil | 02 | 127 km W | 122 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Delouze-Rosières | 55 | 80 km S | 121 | 9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Landricourt | 02 | 142 km W | 126 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rocquemont | 60 | 180 km W | 117 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Willies | 59 | 128 km NW | 128 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Muret-et-Crouttes | 02 | 136 km W | 117 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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