Ville-devant-Belrain
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 17.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ville-devant-Belrain (INSEE 55555) is in Meuse (55), part of CC de l'Aire à l'Argonne. Population 33 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 93 % of the 2,434 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 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 1 | 5 | 5 |
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 26 (2012) → 33 (2023): 26.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 19 (1990) → 33 (2023): 73.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 17, of which 0 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vavincourt): 10.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villotte-sur-Aire): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Pierrefitte-sur-Aire): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Mihiel): 15 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Pierrefitte-sur-Aire): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CHAUMONT_SAPC weather station, 8.7 km away at 294 m; the village itself is at 260 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CHAUMONT - SA, 8.7 km away at 240 m, over 11 summers. [12]
An average of 1,088 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at SEIGNEULLES, 7.7 km away at 275 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
No price figures: fewer than five comparable sales were registered here between 2021 and 2025. A median of two sales is not a median. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55555/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55555/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55555/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55555/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55541
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55570
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55404
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55463
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avelanges | 21 | 145 km S | 33 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montmarlon | 39 | 227 km S | 33 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 14 % · humidity 93 % |
| Riencourt-lès-Bapaume | 62 | 223 km NW | 33 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Armancourt | 80 | 211 km NW | 33 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rapsécourt | 51 | 43 km NW | 34 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laverrière | 60 | 258 km W | 32 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapsécourt | 51 | 43 km NW | 34 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Avelanges | 21 | 145 km S | 33 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Armancourt | 80 | 211 km NW | 33 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Riencourt-lès-Bapaume | 62 | 223 km NW | 33 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montmarlon | 39 | 227 km S | 33 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 14 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laverrière | 60 | 258 km W | 32 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · 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 Ville-devant-Belrain'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapsécourt | 51 | 43 km NW | 34 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Charmont | 95 | 261 km W | 32 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vulmont | 57 | 71 km E | 31 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bienville-la-Petite | 54 | 90 km E | 36 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gibercourt | 02 | 178 km NW | 37 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Malmy | 51 | 51 km NW | 38 | 17.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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