Éteignières
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 24/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Éteignières (INSEE 08156) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Ardennes Thiérache. Population 465 (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 24/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 43 % of the 17,947 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.81 | 10 | 8.1 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.4 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ETEIGNERES RP). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (COLLEAUX CAELIA). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | ETEIGNERES RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | COLLEAUX CAELIA | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 518 (2012) → 465 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 355 (1990) → 465 (2023): 31 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 250, of which 6 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Auvillers-les-Forges): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Auvillers-les-Forges): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Auvillers-les-Forges): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Auvillers-les-Forges): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Auvillers-les-Forges): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the SIGNY-LE-PETIT_SAPC weather station, 7.8 km away at 309 m; the village itself is at 311 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ROCROI, 10.7 km away at 382 m, over 26 summers. [9]
That station sits 71 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,025 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CHAMPLIN, 6.4 km away at 257 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08156/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08156/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08156/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08156/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 08037
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménesqueville | 27 | 222 km W | 485 | 24.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arrancy-sur-Crusnes | 55 | 105 km SE | 466 | 24.1 | Few services | no figures |
| Villers-Faucon | 80 | 93 km W | 530 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Georges-du-Rosay | 72 | 340 km SW | 452 | 22 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Serain | 02 | 75 km W | 380 | 19.8 | No daily shops | no figures |
| René | 72 | 352 km SW | 387 | 22 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serain | 02 | 75 km W | 380 | 19.8 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Villers-Faucon | 80 | 93 km W | 530 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arrancy-sur-Crusnes | 55 | 105 km SE | 466 | 24.1 | Few services | no figures |
| Ménesqueville | 27 | 222 km W | 485 | 24.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Georges-du-Rosay | 72 | 340 km SW | 452 | 22 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| René | 72 | 352 km SW | 387 | 22 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 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 Éteignières'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-Faucon | 80 | 93 km W | 530 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laifour | 08 | 22 km E | 399 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Mont | 21 | 274 km S | 463 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bacouël | 60 | 147 km W | 477 | 31.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lagny | 60 | 110 km W | 524 | 29 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bulligny | 54 | 180 km SE | 538 | 15 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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