Sommelonne

Meuse · CC des Portes de Meuse · INSEE 55494

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

Few services 21.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sommelonne (INSEE 55494) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 407 (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 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 18,000 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.38	10	3.81
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (BAMBOU BIZ). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (CALVINOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[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. ^[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	2	BAMBOU BIZ	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	CALVINOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 2 [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

1968: 344 peak 2007: 501 2023: 407 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 483 (2012) → 407 (2023): -15.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 462 (1990) → 407 (2023): -11.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 218, of which 4.1 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.2 km EFood shop — 3.7 km SBakery — 3.8 km WPharmacy — 4.1 km SGP — 4.3 km SW 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 (Chancenay): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ancerville): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ancerville): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ancerville): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Haironville): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VASSINCOURT weather station, 15.4 km away at 187 m; the village itself is at 170 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VASSINCOURT, 15.4 km away at 187 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,033 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAUDRUPT, 3.9 km away at 200 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 — 55494/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55494/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55494/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55494/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52104
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55224
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
Pacé	61	372 km W	404	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Schillersdorf	67	184 km E	407	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Champigny-lès-Langres	52	89 km S	402	20	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villey-le-Sec	54	69 km E	419	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Montigné-lès-Rairies	49	406 km W	418	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Daubensand	67	201 km E	388	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villey-le-Sec	54	69 km E	419	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Champigny-lès-Langres	52	89 km S	402	20	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Schillersdorf	67	184 km E	407	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Daubensand	67	201 km E	388	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Pacé	61	372 km W	404	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montigné-lès-Rairies	49	406 km W	418	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Sommelonne'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
Montigné-lès-Rairies	49	406 km W	418	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Uruffe	54	53 km E	365	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mussey-sur-Marne	52	34 km S	349	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Charrey-sur-Saône	21	176 km S	331	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Huisseau-en-Beauce	41	317 km W	406	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Meuilley	21	170 km S	411	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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