Francheval

Ardennes · CA Ardenne Métropole · INSEE 08179

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

Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Francheval (INSEE 08179) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 590 (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 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,186 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.69
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE FRANCHEVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE FRANCHEVALOIS). ^[4]

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

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE FRANCHEVAL	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE FRANCHEVALOIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	FRANCHEVAL AP	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 558 peak 2007: 629 2023: 590 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 627 (2012) → 590 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 609 (1990) → 590 (2023): -3.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 297, of which 3.4 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km SWGP — 3.3 km SPharmacy — 3.4 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 (Francheval): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Douzy): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Douzy): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Douzy): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Francheval): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 73.1

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DOUZY weather station, 4.8 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 211 m. ^[10]

The village sits 58 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 4.8 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 58 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[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, 4.8 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 — 08179/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08179/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08179/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08179/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08145
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
Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine	70	216 km S	592	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Ronssoy	80	139 km W	577	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Mailley-et-Chazelot	70	252 km S	610	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Poillé-sur-Vègre	72	437 km SW	582	36.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 55 %
Fesmy-le-Sart	02	105 km W	519	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Courgains	72	382 km W	581	35.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 47 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fesmy-le-Sart	02	105 km W	519	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Ronssoy	80	139 km W	577	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine	70	216 km S	592	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Mailley-et-Chazelot	70	252 km S	610	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Courgains	72	382 km W	581	35.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 47 %
Poillé-sur-Vègre	72	437 km SW	582	36.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 55 %

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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 Francheval'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
Saint-Bauzile	48	592 km S	585	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chamoy	10	193 km SW	499	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Le Cergne	42	402 km S	622	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Noyers-Pont-Maugis	08	9.1 km SW	673	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mouzay	55	29 km SE	651	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lieuvillers	60	186 km W	718	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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