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Haudainville

Meuse · CA du Grand Verdun · INSEE 55236

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

Partly served 54.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Haudainville (INSEE 55236) is in Meuse (55), part of CA du Grand Verdun. Population 930 (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/55236-haudainville

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 91 % of the 14,796 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 food0.52512.47
Social0.792015.82
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.66106.58
Housing mix154.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LD LISAMBERT). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MAISON DE TANTE BIO). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · E.LECLERC DRIVE). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAFE FAUVE). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE SAGITTAIRE). [4]

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

1 × Hotel (LE PRIVILEGE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LD LISAMBERTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LA MAISON DE TANTE BIOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket2LIDL · E.LECLERC DRIVEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1CAFE FAUVEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar3LE SAGITTAIREINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EDGAR GASCONINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1LE PRIVILEGEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 679 peak 2007: 1,021 2023: 930 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 940 (2012) → 930 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 803 (1990) → 930 (2023): 15.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 405, of which 0.2 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.8 km NW (Haudainville)GP — 3.2 km NW (Verdun)Pharmacy — 3.4 km NW (Verdun)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km NWGP — 3.2 km NWPharmacy — 3.4 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 (Haudainville): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Haudainville): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Verdun): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Verdun): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Haudainville): 0.1 km to the south-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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the VERDUN weather station, 5.1 km away at 210 m; the village itself is at 207 m. [10]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at VERDUN, 5.1 km away at 210 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55236/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55236/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55236/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55236/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55236
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55545
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cohade43449 km S89353.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 91 %
Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse42391 km S1,06538.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Charols26505 km S96544Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 43 %
Cappel57104 km E67645.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Romain-en-Viennois84542 km S86852Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 69 %
Charmeil03363 km SW94753.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cappel57104 km E67645.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 72 %
Charmeil03363 km SW94753.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 %
Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse42391 km S1,06538.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Cohade43449 km S89353.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 91 %
Charols26505 km S96544Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Romain-en-Viennois84542 km S86852Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 69 %

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