Montsec

Meuse · CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre · INSEE 55353

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 19.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montsec (INSEE 55353) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre. Population 75 (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 19.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 7,944 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.75	10	7.5
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT DE MONTSEC). ^[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]

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	1	RESTAURANT DE MONTSEC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 89 2023: 75 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 85 (2012) → 75 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 60 (1990) → 75 (2023): 25 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 48, of which 22.9 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 7.0 km SWFood shop — 7.8 km NEGP — 9.8 km NPharmacy — 9.8 km NBakery — 10.1 km N 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 (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel): 10.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pannes): 7.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel): 9.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vigneulles-lès-Hattonchâtel): 9.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Apremont-la-Forêt): 7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 89.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 90 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RICHECOURT weather station, 3.1 km away at 227 m; the village itself is at 272 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at NONSARD, 5.8 km away at 230 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

An average of 802 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RICHECOURT, 3.1 km away at 227 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55353/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55353/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55353/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55353/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55551
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54416
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55012
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
Oncieu	01	326 km S	72	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Rambluzin-et-Benoite-Vaux	55	31 km NW	86	15.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Asnières-sur-Saône	01	286 km S	78	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 64 %
Nesle-la-Reposte	51	161 km W	89	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Ambiegna	2A	794 km S	79	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %
Moutoux	39	234 km S	76	19.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rambluzin-et-Benoite-Vaux	55	31 km NW	86	15.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Nesle-la-Reposte	51	161 km W	89	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Moutoux	39	234 km S	76	19.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Asnières-sur-Saône	01	286 km S	78	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 64 %
Oncieu	01	326 km S	72	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Ambiegna	2A	794 km S	79	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Montsec'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
Ontex	73	349 km S	84	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Praslay	52	136 km S	75	11.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Argillières	70	136 km S	72	7.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Battenans-Varin	25	197 km S	79	11.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Genod	39	282 km S	73	13.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Thiébaud	39	214 km S	71	9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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