Foisches

Identity

Foisches (INSEE 08175) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. Population 233 (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/08175-foisches

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 16,841 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LA JAMONETTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 213 (2012) → 233 (2023): 9.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 215 (1990) → 233 (2023): 8.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 5.8 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Givet): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aubrives): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Givet): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Givet): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Aubrives): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the HAM-SUR-MEUSE weather station, 1.3 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 196 m. ^[10]

The village sits 87 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at HAM-SUR-MEUSE, 1.3 km away at 109 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

15 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 123,000 € — 1,286 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Ardennes is 1,100 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08175/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08175/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08175/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08175/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08190
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08028
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025