Stenay

Meuse · CC du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois · INSEE 55502

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

Served 68.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Stenay (INSEE 55502) is in Meuse (55), part of CC du Pays de Stenay et du Val Dunois. Population 2,403 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/55502-stenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 68.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 8,479 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	0.73	25	18.13
Social	0.95	20	19.07
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.25	10	2.5
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DES ARCADES · LE BOULANGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BASTON SARL). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GILBIN TRAITEUR PERE ET FILS). ^[3,4]

5 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · INTERMARCHE · RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES · RELAIS MOUSQUETAIRE). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (GUMUS SUVAT · LE CHANZY - RESTAURANT PIZZERIA · TAVERNE LE CYGNE). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (BAR DES ARCADES · DRINK HOUSE / GALLO ROMAIN · LE CAFE DE LA PLACE · CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES COURLIS). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ALBERT TOUSSAINT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ALFRED KASTLER). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LOIC THINUS, MÉDECIN · LIVIU-CARMIL ADUMITRESEI, MÉDECIN · GERARD OLIVIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES CYTISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE STENAY CULTURE E(S)T LIEN). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (L'AUTRE CITÉ). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE MUNICIPAL ET SALLE DE MUSCULATION · SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

3 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE GRAND EST EUROPE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL MEUSE NORD). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (SARL COIFFURE SABINE LOLLIER · L'ATELIER DE LAURE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (VILLA MOTEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BOULANGERIE DES ARCADES · LE BOULANGER	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BASTON SARL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	GILBIN TRAITEUR PERE ET FILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	5	LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · INTERMARCHE · RELAIS DES MOUSQUETAIRES · RELAIS MOUSQUETAIRE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	GUMUS SUVAT · LE CHANZY - RESTAURANT PIZZERIA · TAVERNE LE CYGNE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	BAR DES ARCADES · DRINK HOUSE / GALLO ROMAIN · LE CAFE DE LA PLACE · CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES COURLIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ALBERT TOUSSAINT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ALFRED KASTLER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	LOIC THINUS, MÉDECIN · LIVIU-CARMIL ADUMITRESEI, MÉDECIN · GERARD OLIVIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES CYTISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE STENAY CULTURE E(S)T LIEN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	L'AUTRE CITÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE MUNICIPAL ET SALLE DE MUSCULATION · SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE GRAND EST EUROPE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL MEUSE NORD	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	4	SARL COIFFURE SABINE LOLLIER · L'ATELIER DE LAURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	1	VILLA MOTEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 4,125 2023: 2,403 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,749 (2012) → 2,403 (2023): -12.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,202 (1990) → 2,403 (2023): -25 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,520, of which 2.8 % second homes and 20.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Stenay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Stenay): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Stenay): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MOUZAY weather station, 3.9 km away at 166 m; the village itself is at 185 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MOUZAY, 3.9 km away at 166 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MOUZAY, 3.9 km away at 166 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55502/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55502/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55502/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55502/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55502
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
Laroque-d'Olmes	09	769 km S	2,454	64.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Patay	45	302 km SW	2,384	60.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Seurre	21	277 km S	2,352	66	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-de-Marsan	40	750 km SW	2,508	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 %
Orgerus	78	264 km W	2,489	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache	02	117 km NW	2,468	62.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache	02	117 km NW	2,468	62.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Orgerus	78	264 km W	2,489	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Seurre	21	277 km S	2,352	66	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Patay	45	302 km SW	2,384	60.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-de-Marsan	40	750 km SW	2,508	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 %
Laroque-d'Olmes	09	769 km S	2,454	64.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · 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 Stenay'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
Trélon	59	100 km NW	2,604	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Toucy	89	240 km SW	2,571	63.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Fère-Champenoise	51	120 km SW	2,173	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Donnemarie-Dontilly	77	188 km SW	2,706	56.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Porte du Der	52	117 km S	2,099	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saulieu	21	256 km S	2,216	66.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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