Les Islettes

Meuse · CC Argonne-Meuse · INSEE 55253

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Islettes (INSEE 55253) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Argonne-Meuse. Population 695 (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/55253-les-islettes

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 16,434 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.35	10	3.53
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE D'AGONNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CHOPE D'ODIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES ISLETTES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE VALLÉE DE LA BIESME). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SARL SYMPATIF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE D'AGONNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA CHOPE D'ODIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES ISLETTES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LES ISLETTES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE VALLÉE DE LA BIESME	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	SARL SYMPATIF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 1,023 2023: 695 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 818 (2012) → 695 (2023): -15 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 815 (1990) → 695 (2023): -14.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 416, of which 7.2 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.3 km EGP — 5.3 km EPharmacy — 7.5 km W 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 (Les Islettes): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Clermont-en-Argonne): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Clermont-en-Argonne): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Menehould): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Islettes): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 62.2

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AUBREVILLE_SAPC weather station, 7.2 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 172 m. ^[11]

An average of 960 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FUTEAU, 3.9 km away at 181 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55253/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55253/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55253/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55253/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55253
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51507
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
Marcillé-la-Ville	53	413 km W	758	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Marcillé-Raoul	35	491 km W	749	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 58 %
Nanton	71	277 km S	666	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Pouillé	85	530 km SW	630	46.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 57 %
Langolen	29	665 km W	836	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 47 %
Juvardeil	49	437 km W	833	44.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nanton	71	277 km S	666	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Marcillé-la-Ville	53	413 km W	758	45	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Juvardeil	49	437 km W	833	44.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Marcillé-Raoul	35	491 km W	749	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 58 %
Pouillé	85	530 km SW	630	46.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 57 %
Langolen	29	665 km W	836	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 47 %

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Elsewhere

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