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Riaville

Meuse · CC du Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre · INSEE 55429

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Riaville (INSEE 55429) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Territoire de Fresnes-en-Woëvre. Population 51 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/55429-riaville

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 4,938 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.48104.81
Housing mix0.8554.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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”.

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
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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 72 2023: 51 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 44 (2012) → 51 (2023): 15.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 52 (1990) → 51 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 26, of which 7.7 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.8 km W (Fresnes-en-Woëvre)Food shop — 2.9 km W (Fresnes-en-Woëvre)Pharmacy — 3.2 km W (Fresnes-en-Woëvre)GP — 3.3 km W (Fresnes-en-Woëvre)Bakery — 7.1 km S (Hannonville-sous-les-Côtes)
Primary school — 2.8 km WFood shop — 2.9 km WPharmacy — 3.2 km WGP — 3.3 km WBakery — 7.1 km S 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 (Hannonville-sous-les-Côtes): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fresnes-en-Woëvre): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Fresnes-en-Woëvre): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Fresnes-en-Woëvre): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Fresnes-en-Woëvre): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BONZEE_SAPC weather station, 5 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 224 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at ROUVRES-EN-WOEVRE, 13.7 km away at 226 m, over 14 summers. [10]

An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BONZEE_SAPC, 5 km away at 235 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

No price figures: fewer than five comparable sales were registered here between 2021 and 2025. A median of two sales is not a median. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55429/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55429/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55429/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55429/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55228
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55198
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Germont0869 km NW5110.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %
Dommartin-la-Montagne559.0 km SW5110.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bertignolles10137 km SW529.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Maravat32704 km SW5011.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Vernois-lès-Belvoir25210 km S509.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lamaronde80283 km W518.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dommartin-la-Montagne559.0 km SW5110.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Germont0869 km NW5110.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %
Bertignolles10137 km SW529.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vernois-lès-Belvoir25210 km S509.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lamaronde80283 km W518.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Maravat32704 km SW5011.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Riaville'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
Dommartin-la-Montagne559.0 km SW5110.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bertignolles10137 km SW529.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Dommartin-le-Coq10117 km SW497.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Germay5280 km S497.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ménil-aux-Bois5537 km SW4813.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chambroncourt5286 km S4812.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %