Bourg-Fidèle

Ardennes · CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne · INSEE 08078

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bourg-Fidèle (INSEE 08078) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne. Population 818 (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 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 15,508 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.62	10	6.17
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOURG FIDELE CAFE RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (NEW'HAIR). ^[4,3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA MURÉE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	BOURG FIDELE CAFE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	NEW'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA MURÉE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 778 peak 2012: 871 2023: 818 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 871 (2012) → 818 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 732 (1990) → 818 (2023): 11.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 400, of which 4.5 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.0 km NFood shop — 4.0 km NPharmacy — 4.1 km NGP — 4.4 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 (Rocroi): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rocroi): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rocroi): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rocroi): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bourg-Fidèle): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.7

Days at or below 0 °C 59.3

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROCROI weather station, 3.1 km away at 382 m; the village itself is at 371 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ROCROI, 3.1 km away at 382 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,191 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROCROI, 3.1 km away at 382 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 — 08078/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08078/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08078/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08078/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08367
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08078
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
Birac-sur-Trec	47	682 km SW	812	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Dohem	62	187 km NW	826	32	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Troisvilles	59	80 km W	805	30.9	Few services	no figures
Colleville	76	294 km W	746	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 41 %
Bernay-Neuvy-en-Champagne	72	390 km SW	756	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Grammond	42	481 km S	887	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Troisvilles	59	80 km W	805	30.9	Few services	no figures
Dohem	62	187 km NW	826	32	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Colleville	76	294 km W	746	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 41 %
Bernay-Neuvy-en-Champagne	72	390 km SW	756	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Grammond	42	481 km S	887	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Birac-sur-Trec	47	682 km SW	812	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Bourg-Fidèle'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
Grammond	42	481 km S	887	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Dompierre-sur-Helpe	59	56 km NW	815	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ormoy-Villers	60	145 km SW	805	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Montsecret-Clairefougère	61	397 km W	667	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Haudivillers	60	171 km W	773	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Quinte	72	387 km SW	823	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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