Velaines

Meuse · CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse · INSEE 55543

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

Few services 30.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Velaines (INSEE 55543) is in Meuse (55), part of CA de Bar-le-Duc - Sud Meuse. Population 874 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/55543-velaines

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 15,151 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.27	10	2.67
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (BOULANGERIE DE L'INFINI). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (SALON COULEUR CHOCOLAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DE L'INFINI	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	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE	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	SALON COULEUR CHOCOLAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 743 peak 1990: 1,140 2023: 874 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 896 (2012) → 874 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,140 (1990) → 874 (2023): -23.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 438, of which 1.4 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.3 km SEGP — 2.0 km SEPharmacy — 2.3 km NW 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 (Velaines): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Velaines): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ligny-en-Barrois): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tronville-en-Barrois): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13

Days at or below 0 °C 64.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ERNEVILLE AUX BOIS_SAPC weather station, 9.2 km away at 313 m; the village itself is at 218 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, 9.2 km away at 313 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 95 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 1,079 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLERS LE SEC, 9.1 km away at 315 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 — 55543/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55543/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55543/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55543/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55543
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55291
INSEE BPE 2025 — 55519
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
Puiseux-le-Hauberger	60	231 km W	877	28.6	Few services	no figures
Magny-sur-Tille	21	159 km S	874	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bretigny	21	146 km S	922	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Grussenheim	68	173 km E	805	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau	85	519 km SW	795	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset	42	313 km S	968	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bretigny	21	146 km S	922	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Magny-sur-Tille	21	159 km S	874	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Grussenheim	68	173 km E	805	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Puiseux-le-Hauberger	60	231 km W	877	28.6	Few services	no figures
Saint-Vincent-de-Boisset	42	313 km S	968	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau	85	519 km SW	795	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Velaines'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
Grussenheim	68	173 km E	805	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Hommarting	57	135 km E	847	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Surville	27	311 km W	841	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bombon	77	180 km W	935	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Guessling-Hémering	57	106 km E	925	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saulx-Marchais	78	254 km W	950	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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