Auflance

Ardennes · CC des Portes du Luxembourg · INSEE 08029

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

No daily shops 6.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Auflance (INSEE 08029) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Portes du Luxembourg. Population 82 (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 6.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 8,714 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	0.29	10	2.88
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.96

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

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

1968: 134 2023: 82 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 82 (2012) → 82 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 104 (1990) → 82 (2023): -21.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 54, of which 20.4 % second homes and 13 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Pharmacy — 3.9 km SWBakery — 4.1 km SWGP — 4.1 km SWPrimary school — 4.2 km SWFood shop — 7.9 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 (Margut): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blagny): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Margut): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Margut): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Margut): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 72.3

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LINAY weather station, 5.4 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 18.7 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 995 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARGUT, 3.1 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08029/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08029/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08029/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08029/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08276
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08067
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
Estrebay	08	71 km W	84	12.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Turgon	16	548 km SW	80	6.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Riervescemont	90	237 km SE	83	15.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lamaguère	32	767 km SW	81	9.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Montauriol	11	753 km S	85	11	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Bédeille	09	794 km SW	81	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Estrebay	08	71 km W	84	12.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Riervescemont	90	237 km SE	83	15.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Turgon	16	548 km SW	80	6.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Montauriol	11	753 km S	85	11	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 57 %
Lamaguère	32	767 km SW	81	9.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Bédeille	09	794 km SW	81	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · 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 Auflance'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
Lachapelle-en-Blaisy	52	159 km S	81	10.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ampilly-les-Bordes	21	226 km S	79	7.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-sous-Versigny	71	340 km S	77	4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-lès-Vaucouleurs	55	117 km S	74	7.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Lixy	71	388 km S	91	8.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-les-Monges	63	466 km SW	83	5.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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