Maulan

Identity

Maulan (INSEE 55326) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 107 (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/55326-maulan

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 11,176 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'OREE DU BOIS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 98 (2012) → 107 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 97 (1990) → 107 (2023): 10.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 51, of which 7.8 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Stainville): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ligny-en-Barrois): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ligny-en-Barrois): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ligny-en-Barrois): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Velaines): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC weather station, 14.3 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 291 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC, 14.3 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,079 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLERS LE SEC, 6.1 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

8 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 46,138 € — 572 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Meuse is 893 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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 — 55326/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55326/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55326/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55326/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55501
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55291
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55543
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025