Mouzay

Meuse · CC du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois · INSEE 55364

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mouzay (INSEE 55364) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois. Population 651 (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/55364-mouzay

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,738 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.32	10	3.22
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SAMOURAI & CO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MOUZAY AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	SAMOURAI & CO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MOUZAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 900 2023: 651 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 728 (2012) → 651 (2023): -10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 792 (1990) → 651 (2023): -17.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 380, of which 8.4 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km NWGP — 3.6 km NWPharmacy — 3.6 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 (Mouzay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Stenay): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Stenay): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Stenay): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mouzay): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MOUZAY weather station, 0.6 km away at 166 m; the village itself is at 172 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MOUZAY, 0.6 km away at 166 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MOUZAY, 0.6 km away at 166 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 — 55364/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55364/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55364/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55364/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55364
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55502
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
Le Cergne	42	378 km S	622	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ance Féas	64	835 km SW	624	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Jean-d'Angle	17	614 km SW	699	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Mézières-sur-Ponthouin	72	387 km W	725	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Villiers-au-Bouin	37	418 km SW	727	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
La Croix-en-Brie	77	184 km SW	681	43	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Croix-en-Brie	77	184 km SW	681	43	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Le Cergne	42	378 km S	622	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mézières-sur-Ponthouin	72	387 km W	725	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Villiers-au-Bouin	37	418 km SW	727	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-d'Angle	17	614 km SW	699	48.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 %
Ance Féas	64	835 km SW	624	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Mouzay'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
Le Cergne	42	378 km S	622	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses	89	257 km SW	700	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais	72	368 km W	890	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Crancey	10	156 km SW	691	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Alexain	53	459 km W	610	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny-la-Resle	89	210 km SW	572	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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