Douzy

Ardennes · CC des Portes du Luxembourg · INSEE 08145

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

Served 60.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Douzy (INSEE 08145) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Portes du Luxembourg. Population 2,134 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2015-09-15 from 1 former commune: Mairy (08267). ^[3]

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/08145-douzy

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 9,172 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.66	20	13.11
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.79	10	7.87
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 0 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DES BONS GOUT · ISOARDO CRYSTELLE). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL LE MARVILLOIS). ^[4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL \ LA GARE DU TERROIR). ^[4,5]

5 × Restaurant (LA RONDE DES SENS · AU ROI DE LA CREPE · MARIONNETTES). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE MARIE-HELENE CARDOT). ^[4]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ZACKARIA EL MECHTA, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME DURIEZ, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE MODAINE, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE FERRON, MÉDECIN · LAURENT LAMACQ, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU MAGNE). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (POLE SCOLAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE AMENAGEE). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (D' COIFF · SALON DE COIFFURE TATON LOOK · ESTELLE COIFFURE). ^[4,5]

1 × Hotel (LE COEUR D'OR). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE DOUZY DANS LE DOMAINE DU LAC). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU FOURNIL DES BONS GOUT · ISOARDO CRYSTELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL LE MARVILLOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SARL \ LA GARE DU TERROIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	5	LA RONDE DES SENS · AU ROI DE LA CREPE · MARIONNETTES	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE MARIE-HELENE CARDOT	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	ZACKARIA EL MECHTA, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME DURIEZ, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE MODAINE, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE FERRON, MÉDECIN · LAURENT LAMACQ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU MAGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	POLE SCOLAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	1	BAIGNADE AMENAGEE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	3	D' COIFF · SALON DE COIFFURE TATON LOOK · ESTELLE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	1	LE COEUR D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE DOUZY DANS LE DOMAINE DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,474 peak 2017: 2,167 2023: 2,134 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,123 (2012) → 2,134 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,658 (1990) → 2,134 (2023): 28.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,028, of which 1.3 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km W 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 (Douzy): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Douzy): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Douzy): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Douzy): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Douzy): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11

Days at or below 0 °C 68.7

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DOUZY weather station, 1.3 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 162 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 1.3 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 871 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DOUZY, 1.3 km away at 153 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 — 08145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08145
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
Saulcy-sur-Meurthe	88	212 km SE	2,319	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gobain	02	120 km W	2,288	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Arques-la-Bataille	76	282 km W	2,412	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Ressons-sur-Matz	60	166 km W	1,727	62.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Izeaux	38	483 km S	2,134	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Bertry	59	124 km NW	2,140	55.7	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Gobain	02	120 km W	2,288	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bertry	59	124 km NW	2,140	55.7	Partly served	no figures
Ressons-sur-Matz	60	166 km W	1,727	62.6	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saulcy-sur-Meurthe	88	212 km SE	2,319	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Arques-la-Bataille	76	282 km W	2,412	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Izeaux	38	483 km S	2,134	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · 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 Douzy'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
Saint-Gobain	02	120 km W	2,288	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Varreddes	77	170 km SW	2,167	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lauterbourg	67	240 km E	2,324	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Châtel-sur-Moselle	88	180 km SE	1,723	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Porte du Der	52	134 km S	2,099	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Lachapelle-aux-Pots	60	228 km W	1,512	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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