Ourches-sur-Meuse
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 14.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ourches-sur-Meuse (INSEE 55396) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de Commercy - Void - Vaucouleurs. Population 218 (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 14.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 33 % of the 16,490 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.84 | 10 | 8.37 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.17 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 200 (2012) → 218 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 163 (1990) → 218 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 8.3 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Foug): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Pagny-sur-Meuse): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Pagny-sur-Meuse): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Foug): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Pagny-sur-Meuse): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VAUCOULEURS weather station, 7.2 km away at 294 m; the village itself is at 247 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at HOUDELAINCOURT, 18.2 km away at 390 m, over 14 summers. [10]
That station sits 143 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 943 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VAUCOULEURS, 7.2 km away at 294 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 — 55396/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55396/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55396/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55396/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 54205
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55398
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condé-lès-Herpy | 08 | 145 km NW | 218 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 49 % |
| Fourches | 14 | 424 km W | 215 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rocé | 41 | 351 km W | 218 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Herméville-en-Woëvre | 55 | 58 km N | 218 | 10 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avoine | 61 | 426 km W | 219 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moriers | 28 | 319 km W | 223 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herméville-en-Woëvre | 55 | 58 km N | 218 | 10 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Condé-lès-Herpy | 08 | 145 km NW | 218 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 49 % |
| Moriers | 28 | 319 km W | 223 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rocé | 41 | 351 km W | 218 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fourches | 14 | 424 km W | 215 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avoine | 61 | 426 km W | 219 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Ourches-sur-Meuse'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puilly-et-Charbeaux | 08 | 113 km N | 219 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aisy-sur-Armançon | 89 | 156 km SW | 232 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cuperly | 51 | 103 km NW | 216 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nod-sur-Seine | 21 | 130 km SW | 204 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Frapelle | 88 | 108 km E | 201 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bouchy-Saint-Genest | 51 | 161 km W | 213 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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