Floing

Ardennes · CA Ardenne Métropole · INSEE 08174

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Floing (INSEE 08174) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 2,270 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

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/08174-floing

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 8,782 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.36	10	3.61
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (FOOD&SHOP). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE GAULIER). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTOPHE CHARLIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (EURL PHARMACIE MARGUERITTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FLOING AP). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (DOROTHEE B). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	FOOD&SHOP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE GAULIER	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE GAULIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHRISTOPHE CHARLIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	EURL PHARMACIE MARGUERITTE	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	FLOING AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	3	DOROTHEE B	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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

1968: 2,332 peak 1982: 2,890 2023: 2,270 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,485 (2012) → 2,270 (2023): -8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,636 (1990) → 2,270 (2023): -13.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,151, of which 1.5 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Pharmacy GP — 0.9 km SPrimary school — 1.0 km SFood shop — 1.8 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 (Floing): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sedan): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Floing): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Floing): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Floing): 1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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, 10.7 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 159 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 10.7 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, 10.7 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 — 08174/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08174/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08174/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08174/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08174
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08409
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
Meucon	56	606 km W	2,280	53.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Marquillies	59	174 km NW	1,961	45.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Cravanche	90	269 km SE	1,942	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pommiers	69	419 km S	2,618	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Morancé	69	426 km S	2,261	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Flavigny-sur-Moselle	54	158 km SE	1,661	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Flavigny-sur-Moselle	54	158 km SE	1,661	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Marquillies	59	174 km NW	1,961	45.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Cravanche	90	269 km SE	1,942	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pommiers	69	419 km S	2,618	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Morancé	69	426 km S	2,261	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Meucon	56	606 km W	2,280	53.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · 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 Floing'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
Cravanche	90	269 km SE	1,942	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Flavigny-sur-Moselle	54	158 km SE	1,661	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Aiglemont	08	13 km NW	1,692	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Spicheren	57	159 km E	3,143	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fléville-devant-Nancy	54	153 km SE	2,171	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Richardménil	54	155 km SE	2,389	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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