Ménil-aux-Bois
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 13.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ménil-aux-Bois (INSEE 55333) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Sammiellois. Population 48 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 13.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 4,535 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.73 | 10 | 7.31 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.13 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| 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 | 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
Population 44 (2012) → 48 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 39 (1990) → 48 (2023): 23.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 23, of which 8.7 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sampigny): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sampigny): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Lérouville): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Lérouville): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Sampigny): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [10]
Measured at the ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC weather station, 6.9 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 301 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC, 6.9 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. [10]
An average of 1,029 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC, 6.9 km away at 313 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 — 55333/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55333/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55333/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55333/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55467
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55288
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambroncourt | 52 | 50 km S | 48 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villers-la-Combe | 25 | 190 km SE | 49 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bétracq | 64 | 725 km SW | 49 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 41 % |
| Germaines | 52 | 116 km S | 47 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Neuville-en-Verdunois | 55 | 19 km NW | 48 | 6.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dommartin-le-Coq | 10 | 87 km SW | 49 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuville-en-Verdunois | 55 | 19 km NW | 48 | 6.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chambroncourt | 52 | 50 km S | 48 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dommartin-le-Coq | 10 | 87 km SW | 49 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Germaines | 52 | 116 km S | 47 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villers-la-Combe | 25 | 190 km SE | 49 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bétracq | 64 | 725 km SW | 49 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 41 % |
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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 Ménil-aux-Bois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambroncourt | 52 | 50 km S | 48 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chef-Haut | 88 | 65 km SE | 49 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brocourt-en-Argonne | 55 | 40 km NW | 46 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Germay | 52 | 45 km S | 49 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Riaville | 55 | 37 km NE | 51 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dommartin-la-Montagne | 55 | 28 km NE | 51 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
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