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Ribeaucourt

Meuse · CC des Portes de Meuse · INSEE 55430

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

No daily shops 6.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ribeaucourt (INSEE 55430) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 72 (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/55430-ribeaucourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 6.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 7,639 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 trend0.17101.73
Housing mix0.8354.15

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: 129 peak 1975: 143 2023: 72 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 110 (2012) → 72 (2023): -34.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 107 (1990) → 72 (2023): -32.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 59, of which 8.5 % second homes and 22 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 5.7 km S (Bure)Primary school — 6.7 km W (Montiers-sur-Saulx)Food shop — 8.2 km NE (Tréveray)GP — 8.2 km NE (Tréveray)Pharmacy — 11.5 km E (Gondrecourt-le-Château)
Bakery — 5.7 km SPrimary school — 6.7 km WFood shop — 8.2 km NEGP — 8.2 km NEPharmacy — 11.5 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 (Bure): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Tréveray): 8.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Tréveray): 8.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Gondrecourt-le-Château): 11.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Montiers-sur-Saulx): 6.7 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the HOUDELAINCOURT weather station, 11.3 km away at 390 m; the village itself is at 298 m. [12]

The village sits 92 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

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

Humidity measured at HOUDELAINCOURT, 11.3 km away at 390 m, over 14 summers. [12]

That station sits 92 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 1,063 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BIENCOURT-SUR-O, 2.3 km away at 295 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 — 55430/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55430/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55430/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55430/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55087
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55516
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55215
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55348
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Charnois08178 km N727.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %
Ollainville8845 km SE728.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Juvelize5798 km E727No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Maisey-le-Duc2192 km SW718.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Vadelaincourt5559 km N7412.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny-sous-Marle02176 km NW719.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ollainville8845 km SE728.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Vadelaincourt5559 km N7412.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Maisey-le-Duc2192 km SW718.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Juvelize5798 km E727No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny-sous-Marle02176 km NW719.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Charnois08178 km N727.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %

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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 Ribeaucourt'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
Montigny-sous-Marle02176 km NW719.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Écuelle70111 km S729.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Flammerécourt5231 km SW7212.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Droizy02165 km NW7512.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Belloy60226 km NW6811.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chatignonville91252 km W729.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %