Faissault

Ardennes · CC des Crêtes Préardennaises · INSEE 08163

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Faissault (INSEE 08163) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Crêtes Préardennaises. Population 255 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/08163-faissault

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 17,334 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.73	10	7.32
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 172 2023: 255 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 228 (2012) → 255 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 207 (1990) → 255 (2023): 23.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 109, of which 1.8 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 2.7 km NBakery — 3.5 km SGP — 3.5 km SWPharmacy — 3.5 km S 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 (Saulces-Monclin): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Faissault): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saulces-Monclin): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saulces-Monclin): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Viel-Saint-Remy): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 55.7

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAUNOIS-SUR-VENCE_SAPC weather station, 7.5 km away at 218 m; the village itself is at 191 m. ^[11]

An average of 939 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAUNOIS-SUR-VENCE_SAPC, 7.5 km away at 218 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 — 08163/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08163/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08163/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08163/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08402
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08163
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08472
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
Westrehem	62	187 km NW	246	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Plessis-de-Roye	60	121 km W	245	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Bischholtz	67	234 km E	251	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 88 %
Serches	02	82 km W	273	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Beaurain	59	94 km NW	234	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Huêtre	45	266 km SW	280	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Serches	02	82 km W	273	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Beaurain	59	94 km NW	234	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Plessis-de-Roye	60	121 km W	245	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Westrehem	62	187 km NW	246	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Bischholtz	67	234 km E	251	17.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 88 %
Huêtre	45	266 km SW	280	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %

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