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Menaucourt

Meuse · CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse · INSEE 55332

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

No daily shops 9.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Menaucourt (INSEE 55332) is in Meuse (55), part of CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse. Population 221 (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/55332-menaucourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 16,569 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 & culture050
Population trend0.33103.34
Housing mix0.9454.72

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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, Library. [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 223 peak 1990: 265 2023: 221 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 231 (2012) → 221 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 265 (1990) → 221 (2023): -16.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 108, of which 2.8 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.2 km SE (Naix-aux-Forges)Primary school — 2.4 km NW (Givrauval)Food shop — 3.6 km NW (Ligny-en-Barrois)GP — 4.4 km NW (Ligny-en-Barrois)Pharmacy — 4.4 km NW (Ligny-en-Barrois)
Bakery — 2.2 km SEPrimary school — 2.4 km NWFood shop — 3.6 km NWGP — 4.4 km NWPharmacy — 4.4 km NW 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 (Naix-aux-Forges): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ligny-en-Barrois): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Ligny-en-Barrois): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Ligny-en-Barrois): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Givrauval): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC weather station, 11.6 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 238 m. [11]

The village sits 75 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC, 11.6 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. [11]

That station sits 75 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 1,120 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BOVIOLLES, 4.4 km away at 272 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55332/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55332/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55332/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55332/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55370
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55291
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55214
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Magny-lès-Aubigny21172 km S21913.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Loucelles14438 km W22117.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Charbogne08110 km NW21813.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Felon90160 km SE22212.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Lucy5788 km E22413.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Villemontoire02164 km NW21911.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lucy5788 km E22413.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Charbogne08110 km NW21813.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Felon90160 km SE22212.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Villemontoire02164 km NW21911.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Magny-lès-Aubigny21172 km S21913.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Loucelles14438 km W22117.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Menaucourt'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
Charbogne08110 km NW21813.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lucy5788 km E22413.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Clézentaine8891 km E21713.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Grattery70122 km SE21715.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Linay08108 km N22013.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Sercœur8897 km SE2258.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %