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Bogny-sur-Meuse

Ardennes · CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne · INSEE 08081

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

Partly served 48.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bogny-sur-Meuse (INSEE 08081) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne. Population 4,889 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/08081-bogny-sur-meuse

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 4,791 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 food0.35258.79
Social0.682013.54
Education0.53105.28
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3151.54
Population trend0.32103.17
Housing mix0.9754.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE LA VALLEE). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (S.O.D.E.A · PIZZA PIANCA). [3,4]

3 × Supermarket (SOPIBA · LIDL · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. [3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LE VAL DE MEUSE · LES ETANGS DE LA VILLE · KOKTEN KADIR · CHAMP'ANIMATION · LA P'TITE RECRE). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE LONGCHAMP). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RENE HUGOT). [3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB DE LA VALLEE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES VANNELLES). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES FERRY). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEROME MICHAUDET, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE ZILLI, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT VIVENT · PHARMACIE BOUDRIQUE). [3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (BOGNY SUR MEUSE CHATEAU AP · LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE VALLÉES ET PLATEAU D'ARDENNE - BOGNY-SUR-MEUSE). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DES SPORTS · COSEC). [3]

1 × Bank (BANQUE CIC EST). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (CHRISTINE COIFFURE · BARB HAIR STYLE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3BOULANGERIE DE LA VALLEEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2S.O.D.E.A · PIZZA PIANCAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket3SOPIBA · LIDL · ALDI MARCHEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant7LE VAL DE MEUSE · LES ETANGS DE LA VILLE · KOKTEN KADIR · CHAMP'ANIMATION · LA P'TITE RECREINSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar3LE LONGCHAMPINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE RENE HUGOTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)3ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB DE LA VALLEE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES VANNELLESINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE JULES FERRYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2JEROME MICHAUDET, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE ZILLI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE SAINT VIVENT · PHARMACIE BOUDRIQUEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale2BOGNY SUR MEUSE CHATEAU AP · LA POSTEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE VALLÉES ET PLATEAU D'ARDENNE - BOGNY-SUR-MEUSEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2PARC DES SPORTS · COSECINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1BANQUE CIC ESTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser4CHRISTINE COIFFURE · BARB HAIR STYLEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 6,715 peak 1975: 6,855 2023: 4,889 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,354 (2012) → 4,889 (2023): -8.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 5,981 (1990) → 4,889 (2023): -18.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,589, of which 1.5 % second homes and 14 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 0.5 km S (Bogny-sur-Meuse)Primary school — 0.8 km SE (Bogny-sur-Meuse)
In the commune Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 km SPrimary school — 0.8 km SE 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 (Bogny-sur-Meuse): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bogny-sur-Meuse): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Bogny-sur-Meuse): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bogny-sur-Meuse): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bogny-sur-Meuse): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MONTCY-ST-PIER weather station, 9.3 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 139 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 11.9 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 993 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at MONTCY-ST-PIER, 9.3 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08081/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08081/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08081/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08081/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08081
  9. 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
Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac33673 km SW4,88143.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %
Beaucourt90307 km SE4,96640.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Luzarches95188 km SW5,00852.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
La Grand-Combe30630 km S4,78339.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 %
Graveson13668 km S4,69853.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Blaye33665 km SW5,06658.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 29 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Luzarches95188 km SW5,00852.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Beaucourt90307 km SE4,96640.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Grand-Combe30630 km S4,78339.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 %
Blaye33665 km SW5,06658.4Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 29 %
Graveson13668 km S4,69853.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac33673 km SW4,88143.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · 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 Bogny-sur-Meuse'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Ferté-Gaucher77160 km SW4,74356.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Genlis21293 km S5,09351.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Faulquemont57160 km SE5,10954.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes57116 km SE4,51956.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chagny71327 km S5,35062.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Commercy55135 km SE5,35061.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %