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Les Petites-Armoises

Ardennes · CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise · INSEE 08020

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

No daily shops 8.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Petites-Armoises (INSEE 08020) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise. Population 58 (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/08020-les-petites-armoises

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 5,903 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 trend0.38103.79
Housing mix0.753.48

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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 91 2023: 58 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 65 (2012) → 58 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 66 (1990) → 58 (2023): -12.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 33, of which 15.2 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.8 km SE (Brieulles-sur-Bar)Pharmacy — 4.1 km W (Bairon et ses environs)GP — 4.2 km W (Bairon et ses environs)Bakery — 4.4 km W (Bairon et ses environs)Food shop — 4.5 km W (Bairon et ses environs)
Primary school — 3.8 km SEPharmacy — 4.1 km WGP — 4.2 km WBakery — 4.4 km WFood shop — 4.5 km W 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 (Bairon et ses environs): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bairon et ses environs): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Bairon et ses environs): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bairon et ses environs): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Brieulles-sur-Bar): 3.8 km to the south-east (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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LE CHESNE weather station, 4.3 km away at 168 m; the village itself is at 168 m. [10]

An average of 1,021 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LE CHESNE, 4.3 km away at 168 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 — 08020/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08020/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08020/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08020/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08116
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08085
  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
Forcey52156 km S598.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Gronard0275 km NW566.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Sainte-Marie65795 km SW5815.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 53 %
Jumigny0281 km W6010.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Amand-sur-Ornain55106 km SE606.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 64 %
Le Plessis-l'Échelle41312 km SW579.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gronard0275 km NW566.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Jumigny0281 km W6010.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Amand-sur-Ornain55106 km SE606.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 64 %
Forcey52156 km S598.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Le Plessis-l'Échelle41312 km SW579.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Sainte-Marie65795 km SW5815.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 53 %

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