Lachalade
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lachalade (INSEE 55266) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Argonne-Meuse. Population 57 (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/55266-lachalade
Vitality score
Vitality score 8.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 26 % of the 5,756 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.5 | 10 | 5 |
| Housing mix | 0.46 | 5 | 2.29 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 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
Population 71 (2012) → 57 (2023): -19.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 57 (1990) → 57 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 48, of which 27.1 % second homes and 16.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vienne-le-Château): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sainte-Menehould): 8.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Vienne-le-Château): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Varennes-en-Argonne): 9.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Vienne-le-Château): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 10.4 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 156 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at SEPTSARGES, 18.7 km away at 293 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 137 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,008 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LE CLAON, 2.8 km away at 154 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 — 55266/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55266/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55266/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55266/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51621
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51507
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55527
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaux-lès-Palameix | 55 | 45 km E | 57 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Channay | 21 | 150 km S | 58 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Lubin-de-Cravant | 28 | 287 km W | 54 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Conte | 39 | 280 km S | 58 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 9 % · humidity 93 % |
| Poinsenot | 52 | 162 km S | 54 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vaux-sur-Saint-Urbain | 52 | 90 km S | 58 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaux-lès-Palameix | 55 | 45 km E | 57 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaux-sur-Saint-Urbain | 52 | 90 km S | 58 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Channay | 21 | 150 km S | 58 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Poinsenot | 52 | 162 km S | 54 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Conte | 39 | 280 km S | 58 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 9 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Lubin-de-Cravant | 28 | 287 km W | 54 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Lachalade'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaux-lès-Palameix | 55 | 45 km E | 57 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Channay | 21 | 150 km S | 58 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vassy-sous-Pisy | 89 | 187 km S | 61 | 5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Val-de-Gouhenans | 70 | 206 km SE | 63 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Étreval | 54 | 113 km SE | 59 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pont-sur-l'Ognon | 70 | 211 km SE | 62 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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