L'Isle-en-Rigault

Meuse · CC des Portes de Meuse · INSEE 55296

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

Few services 29.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Isle-en-Rigault (INSEE 55296) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 460 (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 29.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,957 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.43	10	4.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.26	10	2.55
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (WALLOIS). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LÉONARD BOUCHY, MÉDECIN · PATRICK LECOMTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LISLE EN RIGAULT AP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × GP (médecin généraliste).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	WALLOIS	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	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LÉONARD BOUCHY, MÉDECIN · PATRICK LECOMTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	LISLE EN RIGAULT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 627 2023: 460 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 520 (2012) → 460 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 609 (1990) → 460 (2023): -24.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 260, of which 0.8 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 3.4 km NPharmacy — 3.4 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 (L'Isle-en-Rigault): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Robert-Espagne): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (L'Isle-en-Rigault): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Robert-Espagne): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (L'Isle-en-Rigault): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VASSINCOURT weather station, 10.3 km away at 187 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VASSINCOURT, 10.3 km away at 187 m, over 19 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,033 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAUDRUPT, 2.4 km away at 200 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 — 55296/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55296/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55296/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55296/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55435
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
La Neuville-au-Pont	51	48 km N	463	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
La Loye	39	192 km S	518	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Parentignat	63	378 km S	480	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Heiltz-le-Maurupt	51	19 km NW	429	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Estrées	02	189 km NW	408	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Douzat	16	507 km SW	438	29	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Heiltz-le-Maurupt	51	19 km NW	429	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuville-au-Pont	51	48 km N	463	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Estrées	02	189 km NW	408	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Loye	39	192 km S	518	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Parentignat	63	378 km S	480	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Douzat	16	507 km SW	438	29	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %

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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 L'Isle-en-Rigault'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
Heiltz-le-Maurupt	51	19 km NW	429	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Torcenay	52	105 km S	546	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Marmery	51	78 km NW	579	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Stainville	55	12 km SE	373	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Hartennes-et-Taux	02	138 km NW	343	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ringendorf	67	184 km E	457	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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