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Lamorville

Meuse · CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre · INSEE 55274

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

No daily shops 12.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lamorville (INSEE 55274) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre. Population 269 (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/55274-lamorville

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 17,540 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 trend0.48104.82
Housing mix0.8254.12

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 0 of 1
Culture 1 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 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA CROISÉE DES 4 VILLAGES). [3]

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. [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA CROISÉE DES 4 VILLAGESINSEE BPE 1 [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: 286 peak 1999: 292 2023: 269 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 286 (2012) → 269 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 274 (1990) → 269 (2023): -1.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 170, of which 8.8 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.1 km W (Lacroix-sur-Meuse)Primary school — 5.1 km W (Lacroix-sur-Meuse)Food shop — 5.2 km W (Lacroix-sur-Meuse)GP — 5.2 km W (Lacroix-sur-Meuse)Pharmacy — 8.0 km S (Saint-Mihiel)
Bakery — 5.1 km WPrimary school — 5.1 km WFood shop — 5.2 km WGP — 5.2 km WPharmacy — 8.0 km S 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 (Lacroix-sur-Meuse): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lacroix-sur-Meuse): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Lacroix-sur-Meuse): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Mihiel): 8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Lacroix-sur-Meuse): 5.1 km to the west (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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the NONSARD weather station, 13.9 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 248 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at NONSARD, 13.9 km away at 230 m, over 22 summers. [10]

An average of 845 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST MIHIEL, 7.6 km away at 226 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

19 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 82,500 € — 765 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Meuse is 893 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55274/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55274/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55274/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55274/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55268
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55463
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Larzicourt5173 km SW26911.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Barbe88105 km SE26713.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Cour-sur-Loire41339 km SW25911.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Villarzel-Cabardès11676 km S27618.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 45 % · humidity 43 %
Chatonrupt-Sommermont5262 km SW26811.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Valoux07417 km S26316.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chatonrupt-Sommermont5262 km SW26811.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Larzicourt5173 km SW26911.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Barbe88105 km SE26713.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Cour-sur-Loire41339 km SW25911.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Valoux07417 km S26316.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Villarzel-Cabardès11676 km S27618.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 45 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Lamorville'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
Chatonrupt-Sommermont5262 km SW26811.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Montcey70153 km S26415.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Villécloye5563 km N24115.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Abbéville-la-Rivière91260 km W32217.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Arcis-le-Ponsart51141 km W28513.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Pavillon-Sainte-Julie10140 km SW28016.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %