Mandres-en-Barrois
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mandres-en-Barrois (INSEE 55315) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 110 (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 10.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 28 % of the 11,472 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 | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.28 | 10 | 2.8 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE). [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
| 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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE | 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 | 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 132 (2012) → 110 (2023): -16.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 141 (1990) → 110 (2023): -22 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 68, of which 2.9 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bure): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Gondrecourt-le-Château): 8.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Gondrecourt-le-Château): 8.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Gondrecourt-le-Château): 8.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Échenay): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the HOUDELAINCOURT weather station, 11.6 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 360 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at HOUDELAINCOURT, 11.6 km away at 390 m, over 14 summers. [11]
An average of 1,063 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BIENCOURT-SUR-O, 8.5 km away at 295 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 — 55315/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55315/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55315/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55315/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55087
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55215
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52181
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braux | 10 | 68 km W | 114 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Seicheprey | 54 | 51 km NE | 104 | 18.6 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Thorey-Lyautey | 54 | 47 km E | 119 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Changy | 51 | 61 km NW | 116 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Soues | 80 | 292 km NW | 124 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 % |
| Viâpres-le-Petit | 10 | 100 km W | 119 | 16 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 78 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorey-Lyautey | 54 | 47 km E | 119 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Seicheprey | 54 | 51 km NE | 104 | 18.6 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Changy | 51 | 61 km NW | 116 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Braux | 10 | 68 km W | 114 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Viâpres-le-Petit | 10 | 100 km W | 119 | 16 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 78 % |
| Soues | 80 | 292 km NW | 124 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 % |
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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 Mandres-en-Barrois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braux | 10 | 68 km W | 114 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thorey-Lyautey | 54 | 47 km E | 119 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Changy | 51 | 61 km NW | 116 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-sur-Tourbe | 51 | 88 km NW | 94 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Goudelancourt-lès-Pierrepont | 02 | 172 km NW | 140 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Senonges | 88 | 63 km SE | 131 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
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