Donchery

Ardennes · CA Ardenne Métropole · INSEE 08142

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

Partly served 42.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Donchery (INSEE 08142) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 1,989 (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/08142-donchery

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 48 % of the 9,662 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.34	10	3.42
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PETIT PLAISIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE DOMAINE DE MONTIMONT). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RODOLPHE MENEUX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA BAR). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (DONCHERY RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (POP COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU PETIT PLAISIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LE DOMAINE DE MONTIMONT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DU CENTRE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [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)	1	RODOLPHE MENEUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA BAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	DONCHERY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	POP COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,963 peak 2007: 2,408 2023: 1,989 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,286 (2012) → 1,989 (2023): -13 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,362 (1990) → 1,989 (2023): -15.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 997, of which 1 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Donchery): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Donchery): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Donchery): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Donchery): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Donchery): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the RAUCOURT - MAN weather station, 11.8 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 150 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 12.6 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,045 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at RAUCOURT - MAN, 11.8 km away at 200 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08142/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08142/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08142/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08142/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08142
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
Rexpoëde	59	216 km NW	1,976	50.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Croisilles	62	153 km W	1,939	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Blaringhem	59	208 km NW	2,008	52.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Flesselles	80	190 km W	1,937	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Ribemont	02	102 km W	1,931	54.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Mirebeau-sur-Bèze	21	257 km S	1,919	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ribemont	02	102 km W	1,931	54.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Croisilles	62	153 km W	1,939	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Flesselles	80	190 km W	1,937	47.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Blaringhem	59	208 km NW	2,008	52.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Rexpoëde	59	216 km NW	1,976	50.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Mirebeau-sur-Bèze	21	257 km S	1,919	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Donchery'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
La Capelle	02	75 km NW	1,745	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mouzon	08	18 km SE	2,229	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt	02	77 km W	1,697	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Crécy-sur-Serre	02	90 km W	1,472	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marseille-en-Beauvaisis	60	211 km W	1,409	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Dunières	43	500 km S	2,670	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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