Givrauval

Identity

Givrauval (INSEE 55214) is in Meuse (55), part of CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse. Population 287 (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/55214-givrauval

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,752 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 329 (2012) → 287 (2023): -12.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 277 (1990) → 287 (2023): 3.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 119, of which 0.8 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ligny-en-Barrois): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ligny-en-Barrois): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ligny-en-Barrois): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ligny-en-Barrois): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Givrauval): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC weather station, 11.3 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 237 m. ^[10]

The village sits 76 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC, 11.3 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 76 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,079 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLERS LE SEC, 5.1 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55214/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55214/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55214/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55214/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55291
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55214
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024