Iré-le-Sec

Meuse · CC du Pays de Montmédy · INSEE 55252

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 19.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Iré-le-Sec (INSEE 55252) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Pays de Montmédy. Population 144 (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 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 13,781 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.58	10	5.83
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (AU COUP DE FREIN). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	AU COUP DE FREIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 178 2023: 144 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 159 (2012) → 144 (2023): -9.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 133 (1990) → 144 (2023): 8.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 81, of which 4.9 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.7 km WFood shop — 4.3 km NBakery — 4.9 km NPharmacy — 5.0 km NGP — 5.2 km N 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 (Montmédy): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montmédy): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montmédy): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montmédy): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Juvigny-sur-Loison): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.5

Days at or below 0 °C 66.7

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MOUZAY weather station, 13 km away at 166 m; the village itself is at 232 m. ^[10]

The village sits 66 m above 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 MOUZAY, 13 km away at 166 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 66 m below 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 956 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTMEDY, 5.1 km away at 199 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55252/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55252/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55252/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55252/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55351
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55262
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
Poyans	70	226 km S	143	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Quillain	70	225 km S	142	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Alliancelles	51	83 km SW	148	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 78 %
Soudé	51	113 km SW	149	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vy-lès-Filain	70	226 km S	143	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Savolles	21	234 km S	145	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Alliancelles	51	83 km SW	148	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 78 %
Soudé	51	113 km SW	149	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Quillain	70	225 km S	142	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Poyans	70	226 km S	143	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Vy-lès-Filain	70	226 km S	143	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Savolles	21	234 km S	145	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · 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 Iré-le-Sec'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
Singly	08	53 km W	139	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Champlat-et-Boujacourt	51	118 km W	139	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Les Magny	70	231 km S	142	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Thieffrain	10	158 km SW	157	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Doncières	88	151 km SE	157	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Burthecourt-aux-Chênes	54	117 km SE	151	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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