Val-d'Ornain

Meuse · CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse · INSEE 55366

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

Few services 28.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val-d'Ornain (INSEE 55366) is in Meuse (55), part of CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse. Population 952 (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 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 14,634 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.52	10	5.2
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU VAL D'ORNAIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VAL D ORNAIN AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	AUBERGE DU VAL D'ORNAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	VAL D ORNAIN 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 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: 673 peak 2017: 988 2023: 952 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 964 (2012) → 952 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 933 (1990) → 952 (2023): 2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 469, of which 3 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.8 km EBakery — 2.7 km NWFood shop — 4.2 km EGP — 4.3 km EPharmacy — 4.3 km E 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 (Neuville-sur-Ornain): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fains-Véel): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fains-Véel): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fains-Véel): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Val-d'Ornain): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VASSINCOURT weather station, 2.7 km away at 187 m; the village itself is at 167 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VASSINCOURT, 2.7 km away at 187 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 881 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VASSINCOURT, 2.7 km away at 187 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 — 55366/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55366/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55366/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55366/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55382
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55366
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
Cravant	45	280 km W	946	30.6	Few services	no figures
Le Burgaud	31	632 km SW	944	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 81 %
Vaumoise	60	160 km W	998	35	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Biaudos	40	762 km SW	1,041	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Fiac	81	617 km SW	930	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Marcenais	33	584 km SW	863	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vaumoise	60	160 km W	998	35	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Cravant	45	280 km W	946	30.6	Few services	no figures
Marcenais	33	584 km SW	863	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 7 %
Fiac	81	617 km SW	930	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Le Burgaud	31	632 km SW	944	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 81 %
Biaudos	40	762 km SW	1,041	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Val-d'Ornain'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
Villemaréchal	77	173 km W	1,055	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Montaigut-le-Blanc	63	388 km SW	927	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Joux	69	328 km S	752	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Angel	03	325 km SW	738	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Coings	36	329 km SW	915	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Marnay	86	444 km SW	713	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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