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Banogne-Recouvrance

Ardennes · CC du Pays Rethélois · INSEE 08046

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

No daily shops 14.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Banogne-Recouvrance (INSEE 08046) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC du Pays Rethélois. Population 162 (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/08046-banogne-recouvrance

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 14,666 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 trend0.77107.66
Housing mix0.8954.43

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. [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]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 216 2023: 162 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 165 (2012) → 162 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 128 (1990) → 162 (2023): 26.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 87, of which 5.7 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.6 km N (Hannogne-Saint-Rémy)Food shop — 4.9 km NW (Sévigny-Waleppe)Bakery — 7.3 km S (Saint-Germainmont)GP — 7.3 km S (Saint-Germainmont)Pharmacy — 7.3 km S (Saint-Germainmont)
Primary school — 3.6 km NFood shop — 4.9 km NWBakery — 7.3 km SGP — 7.3 km SPharmacy — 7.3 km S 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 (Saint-Germainmont): 7.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sévigny-Waleppe): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Germainmont): 7.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germainmont): 7.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Hannogne-Saint-Rémy): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). [10]

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BANOGNE-RECOUVRANCE weather station, 0.1 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 136 m. [11]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BANOGNE-RECOUVRANCE, 0.1 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08046/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08046/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08046/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08046/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08381
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08418
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08210
  11. 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
Nozay10118 km S16015.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Épeautrolles28248 km SW16514.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Foreste0279 km W16611.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 86 %
Châtignac16564 km SW16312.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Labourgade82666 km S16312.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 54 %
Préaux53383 km SW15813.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 77 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Foreste0279 km W16611.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 86 %
Nozay10118 km S16015.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Épeautrolles28248 km SW16514.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Préaux53383 km SW15813.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 77 %
Châtignac16564 km SW16312.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Labourgade82666 km S16312.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 54 %

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