Stainville

Meuse · CC des Portes de Meuse · INSEE 55501

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

Few services 26.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Stainville (INSEE 55501) is in Meuse (55), part of CC des Portes de Meuse. Population 373 (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/55501-stainville

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 18,034 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.82
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES BENEVOLES	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	1	STAINVILLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 393 peak 2012: 419 2023: 373 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 419 (2012) → 373 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 380 (1990) → 373 (2023): -1.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 192, of which 2.6 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 7.7 km WGP — 8.1 km SEPharmacy — 9.1 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 (Stainville): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cousances-les-Forges): 7.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dammarie-sur-Saulx): 8.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cousances-les-Forges): 9.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.6

Days at or below 0 °C 39.3

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BEHONNE_SAPC weather station, 15.7 km away at 301 m; the village itself is at 206 m. ^[11]

The village sits 95 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC, 19.2 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 107 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,120 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAZINCOURT, 6.1 km away at 300 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 — 55501/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55501/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55501/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55501/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55501
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55144
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
Hartennes-et-Taux	02	150 km NW	343	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Maurois	59	201 km NW	405	27.3	Few services	no figures
Estrées	02	201 km NW	408	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Heiltz-le-Maurupt	51	31 km NW	429	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Douzat	16	510 km SW	438	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Ougney	39	161 km S	431	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 46 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Heiltz-le-Maurupt	51	31 km NW	429	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Hartennes-et-Taux	02	150 km NW	343	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Ougney	39	161 km S	431	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 46 %
Estrées	02	201 km NW	408	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Maurois	59	201 km NW	405	27.3	Few services	no figures
Douzat	16	510 km SW	438	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · 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 Stainville'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
Mondreville	78	268 km W	381	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Wickersheim-Wilshausen	67	173 km E	391	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Neuville-sur-Ornain	55	21 km NW	365	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Houdelaincourt	55	24 km SE	281	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Marmery	51	90 km NW	579	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sermaise	49	420 km W	345	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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