Ménil-sur-Saulx

Identity

Ménil-sur-Saulx (INSEE 55335) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 243 (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/55335-menil-sur-saulx

Vitality score

Vitality score 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,055 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 (REST O BUS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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 267 (2012) → 243 (2023): -9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 216 (1990) → 243 (2023): 12.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 115, of which 6.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Stainville): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dammarie-sur-Saulx): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dammarie-sur-Saulx): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ligny-en-Barrois): 10.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Bouchon-sur-Saulx): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BEHONNE_SAPC weather station, 18.9 km away at 301 m; the village itself is at 232 m. ^[12]

The village sits 69 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC, 19.3 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 81 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,079 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VILLERS LE SEC, 5.7 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55335/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55335/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55335/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55335/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55501
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55144
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55291
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55061
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024