Vivant· Is the village alive?

Rambucourt

Meuse · CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre · INSEE 55412

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

Few services 22.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rambucourt (INSEE 55412) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre. Population 194 (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/55412-rambucourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 15,809 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.79107.93
Housing mix0.9654.78

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 (AUX DELICES DE JEANNE). [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1AUX DELICES DE JEANNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 174 peak 2012: 195 2023: 194 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 195 (2012) → 194 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 150 (1990) → 194 (2023): 29.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 2.2 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 6.2 km E (Bernécourt)Bakery — 6.3 km E (Bernécourt)Food shop — 10.4 km N (Pannes)GP — 10.7 km SE (Royaumeix)Pharmacy — 12.8 km E (Domèvre-en-Haye)
Primary school — 6.2 km EBakery — 6.3 km EFood shop — 10.4 km NGP — 10.7 km SEPharmacy — 12.8 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 (Bernécourt): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pannes): 10.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Royaumeix): 10.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Domèvre-en-Haye): 12.8 km to the east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Bernécourt): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [12]

Measured at the RICHECOURT weather station, 4.2 km away at 227 m; the village itself is at 255 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at NONSARD, 10.1 km away at 230 m, over 22 summers. [12]

An average of 802 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at RICHECOURT, 4.2 km away at 227 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 — 55412/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55412/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55412/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55412/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54063
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54416
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54466
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54160
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Germinon51117 km W19024.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Heiwiller68178 km SE19019.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Larreule64765 km SW19421.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %
Knœrsheim67126 km E18820Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Voillans25169 km S19323.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Dieppe-sous-Douaumont5546 km NW18720Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dieppe-sous-Douaumont5546 km NW18720Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Germinon51117 km W19024.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Knœrsheim67126 km E18820Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Voillans25169 km S19323.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Heiwiller68178 km SE19019.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Larreule64765 km SW19421.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 24 % · humidity 0 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Rambucourt'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Romagny-sous-Rougemont90154 km SE21321Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lagesse10151 km SW20920.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sandaucourt8865 km S18117.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vauthiermont90160 km SE23224.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bettegney-Saint-Brice8873 km SE16324.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sauville8876 km S16816.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %