Varnéville
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Varnéville (INSEE 55528) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Côtes de Meuse Woëvre. Population 49 (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/55528-varneville
Vitality score
Vitality score 7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 18 % of the 4,658 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.3 | 10 | 3.03 |
| Housing mix | 0.59 | 5 | 2.94 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 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
Population 55 (2012) → 49 (2023): -10.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 61 (1990) → 49 (2023): -19.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 34, of which 20.6 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Apremont-la-Forêt): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Mihiel): 8.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Mihiel): 8.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Mihiel): 8.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Apremont-la-Forêt): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 90 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the RICHECOURT weather station, 7.7 km away at 227 m; the village itself is at 287 m. [10]
The village sits 60 m above 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at NONSARD, 10.6 km away at 230 m, over 22 summers. [10]
That station sits 57 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 802 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at RICHECOURT, 7.7 km away at 227 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55528/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55528/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55528/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55528/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55012
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55463
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villecourt | 80 | 220 km NW | 46 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vézannes | 89 | 172 km SW | 52 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Blancey | 21 | 195 km SW | 53 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mont-Saint-Léger | 70 | 138 km S | 49 | 5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 % |
| Villers-devant-Dun | 55 | 71 km NW | 52 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villebon | 28 | 331 km W | 53 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-devant-Dun | 55 | 71 km NW | 52 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mont-Saint-Léger | 70 | 138 km S | 49 | 5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 % |
| Vézannes | 89 | 172 km SW | 52 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Blancey | 21 | 195 km SW | 53 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villecourt | 80 | 220 km NW | 46 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villebon | 28 | 331 km W | 53 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 45 % · 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 Varnéville'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaudeville-le-Haut | 55 | 47 km S | 46 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Poinsenot | 52 | 138 km S | 54 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Clucy | 39 | 215 km S | 67 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mennouveaux | 52 | 87 km S | 64 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Longchamp | 52 | 84 km S | 59 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cernion | 08 | 136 km NW | 54 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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