Les Ayvelles

Ardennes · CA Ardenne Métropole · INSEE 08040

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

Partly served 42.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Ayvelles (INSEE 08040) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 851 (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/08040-les-ayvelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 15,287 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.54	10	5.43
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE ANDRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ACTION). ^[3]

2 × Restaurant (FAROOQSHEZAD · LE PICHET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (OMEGA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	BOULANGERIE ANDRE	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	ACTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	FAROOQSHEZAD · LE PICHET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	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	1	OMEGA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 418 peak 2012: 975 2023: 851 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 975 (2012) → 851 (2023): -12.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 816 (1990) → 851 (2023): 4.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 399, of which 1.8 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.2 km NGP — 2.6 km NPharmacy — 2.8 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 (Les Ayvelles): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Ayvelles): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villers-Semeuse): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villers-Semeuse): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Ayvelles): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 58.5

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTCY-ST-PIER weather station, 6.1 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 149 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 10.8 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEZIERES, 5.3 km away at 140 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 — 08040/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08040/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08040/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08040/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08040
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08480
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
Cauneille	40	817 km SW	804	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %
Bourthes	62	224 km NW	860	37	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Socx	59	214 km NW	869	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Uzos	64	816 km SW	874	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 7 %
Guerting	57	147 km SE	866	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Taponas	69	400 km S	914	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Guerting	57	147 km SE	866	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Socx	59	214 km NW	869	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Bourthes	62	224 km NW	860	37	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Taponas	69	400 km S	914	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 50 %
Uzos	64	816 km SW	874	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 50 % · humidity 7 %
Cauneille	40	817 km SW	804	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Les Ayvelles'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
Guerting	57	147 km SE	866	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Gourdon	71	343 km S	893	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-Théribus	60	205 km W	770	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
L'Épine	51	85 km S	685	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Montceaux-lès-Meaux	77	155 km SW	669	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Asnans-Beauvoisin	39	312 km S	713	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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