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Geville

Meuse · CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre · INSEE 55258

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

No daily shops 17.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Geville (INSEE 55258) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre. Population 639 (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/55258-geville

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % of the 16,791 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 & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.94109.42
Housing mix0.853.98

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 1 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”.

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (GEVILLE AP). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale1GEVILLE APINSEE BPE 1 [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]
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: 577 2023: 639 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 609 (2012) → 639 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 443 (1990) → 639 (2023): 44.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 314, of which 10.2 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 3.1 km SW (Euville)Primary school — 5.3 km SE (Boucq)Bakery — 5.5 km SW (Euville)Pharmacy — 6.2 km W (Vignot)Food shop — 6.6 km W (Commercy)
GP — 3.1 km SWPrimary school — 5.3 km SEBakery — 5.5 km SWPharmacy — 6.2 km WFood shop — 6.6 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 (Euville): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Commercy): 6.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Euville): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Vignot): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Boucq): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 90 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the RICHECOURT weather station, 13.2 km away at 227 m; the village itself is at 274 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at NONSARD, 18.9 km away at 230 m, over 22 summers. [12]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at EUVILLE, 5.4 km away at 240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55258/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55258/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55258/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55258/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55184
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55122
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55553
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54086
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Charency-Vezin5480 km N62515.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Champvert58269 km SW74110.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Aunay-sous-Crécy28322 km W64612.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Éragny-sur-Epte60292 km W59814.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Demange-Baudignécourt5527 km SW5089.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Val-et-Châtillon5496 km E5529.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Demange-Baudignécourt5527 km SW5089.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Charency-Vezin5480 km N62515.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Val-et-Châtillon5496 km E5529.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Champvert58269 km SW74110.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Éragny-sur-Epte60292 km W59814.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Aunay-sous-Crécy28322 km W64612.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 43 % · 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 Geville'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
Val-et-Châtillon5496 km E5529.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuville-au-Temple51101 km W57919.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Housseras8891 km SE48513.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Autechaux-Roide25175 km SE48710.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bessamorel43424 km S43216.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Vry5766 km NE63125Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %