Chooz

Ardennes · CC Ardenne, Rives de Meuse · INSEE 08122

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

Few services 39.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chooz (INSEE 08122) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. Population 825 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/08122-chooz

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 15,483 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.53	10	5.27
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE CHOOZ PAR LOPES CLEMENT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA PRESQU'ILE DE CHOOZ · LA FRITERIE CALCEENNE · AUBERGE DE LA VOUTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHOOZ AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE APOSTROPHE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (STEPH COIFFURE · SALON DE COIFFURE KARELLE · AU'D'COIFF). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (LA PRESQU'ILE DE CHOOZ · AUBERGE DE LA VOUTE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PAIN DE CHOOZ PAR LOPES CLEMENT	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	3	LA PRESQU'ILE DE CHOOZ · LA FRITERIE CALCEENNE · AUBERGE DE LA VOUTE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	CHOOZ AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHEQUE APOSTROPHE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	5	STEPH COIFFURE · SALON DE COIFFURE KARELLE · AU'D'COIFF	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	LA PRESQU'ILE DE CHOOZ · AUBERGE DE LA VOUTE	INSEE BPE 2 / 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: 655 2023: 825 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 762 (2012) → 825 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 803 (1990) → 825 (2023): 2.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 465, of which 7.7 % second homes and 14.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km WGP — 3.7 km NBakery — 3.9 km NPharmacy — 3.9 km NE 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 (Givet): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aubrives): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Givet): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Givet): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chooz): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15

Days at or below 0 °C 47.4

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RANCENNES weather station, 1.9 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 107 m. ^[11]

The village sits 55 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 767 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RANCENNES, 1.9 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08122/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08122/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08122/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08122/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08190
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08122
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
Uchizy	71	400 km S	831	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Plancher-les-Mines	70	296 km SE	839	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 %
Optevoz	38	485 km S	875	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 68 %
Lay	42	463 km S	777	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 %
Berchères-sur-Vesgre	28	274 km SW	862	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Odenas	69	446 km S	938	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Berchères-sur-Vesgre	28	274 km SW	862	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Plancher-les-Mines	70	296 km SE	839	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 %
Uchizy	71	400 km S	831	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Odenas	69	446 km S	938	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 %
Lay	42	463 km S	777	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 %
Optevoz	38	485 km S	875	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 68 %

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