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Véry

Meuse · CC Argonne-Meuse · INSEE 55549

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 5.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Véry (INSEE 55549) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Argonne-Meuse. Population 79 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/55549-very

Vitality score

Vitality score 5.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 8,383 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.21102.05
Housing mix0.5752.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 167 2023: 79 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 103 (2012) → 79 (2023): -23.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 112 (1990) → 79 (2023): -29.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 70, of which 21.4 % second homes and 22.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmGP — 3.0 km SW (Varennes-en-Argonne)Pharmacy — 3.0 km SW (Varennes-en-Argonne)Food shop — 3.1 km SW (Varennes-en-Argonne)Primary school — 3.4 km SW (Varennes-en-Argonne)Bakery — 10.2 km NW (Cornay)
GP — 3.0 km SWPharmacy — 3.0 km SWFood shop — 3.1 km SWPrimary school — 3.4 km SWBakery — 10.2 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 (Cornay): 10.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Varennes-en-Argonne): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Varennes-en-Argonne): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Varennes-en-Argonne): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Varennes-en-Argonne): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the SEPTSARGES weather station, 7 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 175 m. [10]

The village sits 118 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at SEPTSARGES, 7 km away at 293 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 118 m above 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 962 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at VARENNES-EN-ARG, 4 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55549/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55549/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55549/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55549/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08131
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55527
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mouron0822 km W7810.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 89 %
Vaux-Lavalette16560 km SW796.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Turgon16507 km SW806.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Frédille36365 km SW779.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sère32732 km SW786.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 %
Bédeille09750 km SW8114.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mouron0822 km W7810.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 89 %
Frédille36365 km SW779.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Turgon16507 km SW806.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vaux-Lavalette16560 km SW796.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Sère32732 km SW786.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 %
Bédeille09750 km SW8114.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · 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 Véry'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dombasle-devant-Darney88145 km SE786.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Estrebay0882 km NW8412.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bouzancourt52104 km S729.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Cernay28296 km W8011.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Aincreville5514 km N809.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ginai61358 km W7410.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %