Rouvrois-sur-Othain
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 18.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Rouvrois-sur-Othain (INSEE 55445) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de Damvillers Spincourt. Population 199 (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 18.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 15,908 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.49 | 10 | 4.9 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.68 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 200 (2012) → 199 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 201 (1990) → 199 (2023): -1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 95, of which 3.2 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Spincourt): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Longuyon): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Spincourt): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Spincourt): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Rouvrois-sur-Othain): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ROUVRES-EN-WOEVRE weather station, 17.5 km away at 226 m; the village itself is at 232 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ROUVRES-EN-WOEVRE, 17.5 km away at 226 m, over 14 summers. [11]
An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BOULIGNY, 12.1 km away at 250 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 — 55445/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55445/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55445/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55445/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55500
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 54322
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55445
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermering | 57 | 93 km SE | 199 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Louvrechy | 80 | 237 km W | 197 | 23.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ségura | 09 | 767 km SW | 199 | 24.6 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Paul-d'Uzore | 42 | 428 km S | 203 | 24.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vanvillé | 77 | 206 km SW | 197 | 23.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vasseny | 02 | 155 km W | 197 | 24.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermering | 57 | 93 km SE | 199 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vasseny | 02 | 155 km W | 197 | 24.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vanvillé | 77 | 206 km SW | 197 | 23.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Louvrechy | 80 | 237 km W | 197 | 23.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Paul-d'Uzore | 42 | 428 km S | 203 | 24.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ségura | 09 | 767 km SW | 199 | 24.6 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Rouvrois-sur-Othain'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermering | 57 | 93 km SE | 199 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vasseny | 02 | 155 km W | 197 | 24.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Secourt | 57 | 68 km SE | 201 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Ouen-Domprot | 51 | 124 km SW | 203 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courquetaine | 77 | 224 km W | 184 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vallerange | 57 | 90 km SE | 211 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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