Morley

Identity

Morley (INSEE 55359) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 204 (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/55359-morley

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,069 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE). ^[3]

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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 203 (2012) → 204 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 194 (1990) → 204 (2023): 5.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 125, of which 13.6 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Stainville): 9.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dammarie-sur-Saulx): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dammarie-sur-Saulx): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rachecourt-sur-Marne): 12.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Bouchon-sur-Saulx): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the HOUDELAINCOURT weather station, 19.1 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 258 m. ^[12]

The village sits 132 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 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at HOUDELAINCOURT, 19.1 km away at 390 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 132 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, 5.9 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 — 55359/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55359/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55359/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55359/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55501
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55144
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52414
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55061
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024