Flize

Ardennes · CA Ardenne Métropole · INSEE 08173

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

Partly served 47.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Flize (INSEE 08173) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 1,683 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 3 former communes: Balaives-et-Butz (08042), Boutancourt (08079), Élan (08152). ^[3]

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/08173-flize

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 10,761 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.45	10	4.46
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

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 1 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PALAIS GOURMAND). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (ALDO LES ETANGS D'ELAN · LA PIZZA BOUTONCOURTOIE). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar (LE SAVANITA). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE PRIMAIRE PUBLIC DE FLIZE). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATTHIEU LEROY, MÉDECIN · LISON BONNA, MÉDECIN · ELISA DENIS, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE FLIZE). ^[4,5]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FLIZE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (IME). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (LE BIHAN GWENAELLE · LE PTIT SALON · NATH COIFF A DOMICILE · L'ATELIER CREA'TIF). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU PALAIS GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	ALDO LES ETANGS D'ELAN · LA PIZZA BOUTONCOURTOIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Café / bar	2	LE SAVANITA	INSEE SIRENE 2 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	GROUPE SCOLAIRE PRIMAIRE PUBLIC DE FLIZE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MATTHIEU LEROY, MÉDECIN · LISON BONNA, MÉDECIN · ELISA DENIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE FLIZE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FLIZE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	IME	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	4	LE BIHAN GWENAELLE · LE PTIT SALON · NATH COIFF A DOMICILE · L'ATELIER CREA'TIF	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,826 peak 1999: 1,844 2023: 1,683 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,765 (2012) → 1,683 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,780 (1990) → 1,683 (2023): -5.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 811, of which 3.1 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.2 km E 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 (Flize): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Nouvion-sur-Meuse): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Flize): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Flize): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Flize): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 58.5

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTCY-ST-PIER weather station, 8.8 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 153 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 13.4 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MEZIERES, 8.1 km away at 140 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 — 08173/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08173/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08173/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08173/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08173
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08327
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
Arnèke	59	210 km NW	1,594	52.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Haybes	08	35 km N	1,794	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Ars-sur-Formans	01	412 km S	1,528	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Sacy-le-Grand	60	166 km W	1,573	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids	53	384 km W	1,748	49.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 66 %
Régny	42	415 km S	1,447	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Haybes	08	35 km N	1,794	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Sacy-le-Grand	60	166 km W	1,573	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Arnèke	59	210 km NW	1,594	52.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Nids	53	384 km W	1,748	49.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 66 %
Ars-sur-Formans	01	412 km S	1,528	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Régny	42	415 km S	1,447	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 85 % · 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 Flize'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
Haybes	08	35 km N	1,794	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Tréon	28	276 km SW	1,418	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Soings-en-Sologne	41	349 km SW	1,546	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Westhoffen	67	229 km SE	1,720	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Crouy-sur-Ourcq	77	141 km SW	1,811	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-le-Comte	77	172 km SW	1,872	62.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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