Maxey-sur-Vaise
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 18.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Maxey-sur-Vaise (INSEE 55328) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de Commercy - Void - Vaucouleurs. Population 279 (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 18.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 43 % of the 17,646 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.52 |
| Housing mix | 0.73 | 5 | 3.65 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MAXEY SUR VAISE AP). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MAXEY SUR VAISE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 314 (2012) → 279 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 293 (1990) → 279 (2023): -4.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 171, of which 13.5 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vaucouleurs): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Vaucouleurs): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vaucouleurs): 7.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Maxey-sur-Vaise): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the MAXEY SA weather station, 0.2 km away at 250 m; the village itself is at 259 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at HOUDELAINCOURT, 12.2 km away at 390 m, over 14 summers. [11]
That station sits 131 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 961 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MAXEY-SUR-VAISE, 0.2 km away at 256 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 50,000 € — 438 € 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55328/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55328/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55328/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55328/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55397
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55533
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55328
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure | 38 | 367 km S | 265 | 20.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Bat | 33 | 622 km SW | 281 | 21.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 30 % · humidity 64 % |
| Le Tuzan | 33 | 659 km SW | 263 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 78 % |
| Lasserre-de-Prouille | 11 | 657 km SW | 292 | 25.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 15 % · humidity 14 % |
| Durance | 47 | 644 km SW | 255 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
| Essey | 21 | 171 km SW | 315 | 25.6 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essey | 21 | 171 km SW | 315 | 25.6 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Clair-sur-Galaure | 38 | 367 km S | 265 | 20.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Bat | 33 | 622 km SW | 281 | 21.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 30 % · humidity 64 % |
| Durance | 47 | 644 km SW | 255 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
| Lasserre-de-Prouille | 11 | 657 km SW | 292 | 25.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 15 % · humidity 14 % |
| Le Tuzan | 33 | 659 km SW | 263 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 78 % |
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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 Maxey-sur-Vaise'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouvres-en-Xaintois | 88 | 37 km SE | 259 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thury | 21 | 188 km SW | 262 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vellevans | 25 | 150 km SE | 253 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Métairies-Saint-Quirin | 57 | 102 km E | 271 | 18.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villechétive | 89 | 167 km W | 260 | 23.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boitron | 77 | 181 km W | 322 | 20.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
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