Souilly

Meuse · CC Val de Meuse - Voie Sacrée · INSEE 55498

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souilly (INSEE 55498) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Val de Meuse - Voie Sacrée. Population 426 (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/55498-souilly

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,958 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.85	10	8.48
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE HATVANI). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUGUSTIN VOIE SACREE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-PHILIPPE KERN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOUILLY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (DEMOUZON ERNELLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE HATVANI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	AUGUSTIN VOIE SACREE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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)	1	JEAN-PHILIPPE KERN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SOUILLY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	DEMOUZON ERNELLE	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

1968: 352 peak 2017: 446 2023: 426 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 366 (2012) → 426 (2023): 16.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 316 (1990) → 426 (2023): 34.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 196, of which 4.6 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 11.2 km NEPharmacy — 11.5 km NE 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 (Souilly): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dugny-sur-Meuse): 11.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Souilly): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Dieue-sur-Meuse): 11.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Souilly): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.7

Days at or below 0 °C 52.4

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHAUMONT_SAPC weather station, 11 km away at 294 m; the village itself is at 288 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHAUMONT - SA, 11.6 km away at 240 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 887 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHAUMONT_SAPC, 11 km away at 294 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 — 55498/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55498/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55498/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55498/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55498
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55166
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55154
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
Arzviller	57	142 km E	516	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Vrécourt	88	100 km S	341	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Seuil-d'Argonne	55	17 km W	530	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bouniagues	24	597 km SW	578	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Nothalten	67	174 km SE	409	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Curel	52	61 km S	407	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Seuil-d'Argonne	55	17 km W	530	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Curel	52	61 km S	407	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Vrécourt	88	100 km S	341	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Arzviller	57	142 km E	516	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Nothalten	67	174 km SE	409	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bouniagues	24	597 km SW	578	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Souilly'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
Seuil-d'Argonne	55	17 km W	530	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Curel	52	61 km S	407	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Monthois	08	53 km NW	390	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chiroubles	69	320 km S	434	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Bazouge-de-Chemeré	53	440 km W	497	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vienne-le-Château	51	34 km NW	516	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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