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Guerpont

Meuse · CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse · INSEE 55221

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guerpont (INSEE 55221) is in Meuse (55), part of CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse. Population 231 (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/55221-guerpont

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 8 % of the 16,792 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.31103.08
Housing mix0.9754.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF EMOI). [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1COIFF EMOIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 266 peak 1999: 300 2023: 231 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 254 (2012) → 231 (2023): -9.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 286 (1990) → 231 (2023): -19.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 122, of which 1.6 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.7 km SE (Tronville-en-Barrois)GP — 1.8 km SE (Tronville-en-Barrois)Primary school — 1.9 km E (Tronville-en-Barrois)Pharmacy — 2.0 km SE (Tronville-en-Barrois)Food shop — 3.7 km NW (Longeville-en-Barrois)
Bakery — 1.7 km SEGP — 1.8 km SEPrimary school — 1.9 km EPharmacy — 2.0 km SEFood shop — 3.7 km NW 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 (Tronville-en-Barrois): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Longeville-en-Barrois): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Tronville-en-Barrois): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Tronville-en-Barrois): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Tronville-en-Barrois): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BEHONNE_SAPC weather station, 9 km away at 301 m; the village itself is at 207 m. [10]

The village sits 94 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 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. [10]

That station sits 106 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 1,120 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BAZINCOURT, 7.3 km away at 300 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 — 55221/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55221/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55221/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55221/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55519
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55302
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nouilhan65714 km SW23114.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Sai61384 km W23013.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lissay-Lochy18289 km SW23117.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Maissemy02198 km NW23217.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Allondans25174 km SE23415.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Prunay-Belleville10116 km W22910.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Prunay-Belleville10116 km W22910.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Allondans25174 km SE23415.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Maissemy02198 km NW23217.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lissay-Lochy18289 km SW23117.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sai61384 km W23013.4No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Nouilhan65714 km SW23114.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Guerpont'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lissay-Lochy18289 km SW23117.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Andernay5523 km W23611.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Raival5516 km N23612.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Baizieux80243 km NW24315.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Brabant-le-Roi5524 km NW22110.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pévy51122 km NW23512.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %