Beaumont-en-Argonne

Ardennes · CC des Portes du Luxembourg · INSEE 08055

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 18.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaumont-en-Argonne (INSEE 08055) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Portes du Luxembourg. Population 415 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 18,004 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.35	10	3.47
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BEAUMONT EN ARGONNE HARNOTERIE RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	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	1	BEAUMONT EN ARGONNE HARNOTERIE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 568 2023: 415 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 459 (2012) → 415 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 490 (1990) → 415 (2023): -15.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 234, of which 5.6 % second homes and 15.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 7.6 km NFood shop — 7.6 km NGP — 7.7 km NPharmacy — 7.7 km N 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 (Mouzon): 7.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mouzon): 7.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mouzon): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mouzon): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Beaumont-en-Argonne): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 66.4

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the RAUCOURT - MAN weather station, 10.2 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 183 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 13.4 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,045 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RAUCOURT - MAN, 10.2 km away at 200 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 — 08055/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08055/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08055/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08055/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08311
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08055
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
Antoingt	63	471 km S	413	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Grivesnes	80	187 km W	409	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pleure	39	293 km S	435	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Meussia	39	342 km S	438	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy-en-Comté	70	204 km S	436	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cesny-aux-Vignes	14	379 km W	421	23.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grivesnes	80	187 km W	409	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rémy-en-Comté	70	204 km S	436	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pleure	39	293 km S	435	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Meussia	39	342 km S	438	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Cesny-aux-Vignes	14	379 km W	421	23.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Antoingt	63	471 km S	413	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · 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 Beaumont-en-Argonne'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
Grivesnes	80	187 km W	409	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Versigny	02	118 km W	470	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Thieux	60	198 km W	438	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Remy-en-l'Eau	60	190 km W	431	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pouilly-sur-Serre	02	107 km W	490	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Flavigny-le-Grand-et-Beaurain	02	108 km W	420	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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