La Francheville

Ardennes · CA Ardenne Métropole · INSEE 08180

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

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Francheville (INSEE 08180) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 1,636 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/08180-la-francheville

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 10,978 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.69	10	6.9
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHOCOLATS ROLAND REAUTE · LA GOURMANDINE PATISSIER TRAITEUR · LES SEPT EPIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX SAVEURS D ARDENNES). ^[3]

3 × Restaurant (MCDONALD'S · LA GRANDE TABLEE ARDENNAISE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (PRINCE DENIS ROBERT · PASSAGE BLEU). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	CHOCOLATS ROLAND REAUTE · LA GOURMANDINE PATISSIER TRAITEUR · LES SEPT EPIS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AUX SAVEURS D ARDENNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	3	MCDONALD'S · LA GRANDE TABLEE ARDENNAISE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE 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	PRINCE DENIS ROBERT · PASSAGE BLEU	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: 1,367 peak 2017: 1,685 2023: 1,636 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,611 (2012) → 1,636 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,375 (1990) → 1,636 (2023): 19 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 771, of which 0.5 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.5 km NEPharmacy — 2.4 km N 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 (La Francheville): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Francheville): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Charleville-Mézières): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Charleville-Mézières): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Francheville): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTCY-ST-PIER weather station, 5.4 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 158 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 7.8 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEZIERES, 3.5 km away at 140 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 — 08180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08105
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
Rieux	60	165 km W	1,559	40.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Rœux	62	144 km NW	1,381	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Rosult	59	125 km NW	2,022	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Labégude	07	566 km S	1,397	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Quinsac	33	678 km SW	2,217	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Aiglemont	08	7.0 km NE	1,692	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aiglemont	08	7.0 km NE	1,692	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Rosult	59	125 km NW	2,022	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Rœux	62	144 km NW	1,381	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Rieux	60	165 km W	1,559	40.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Labégude	07	566 km S	1,397	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Quinsac	33	678 km SW	2,217	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %

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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 La Francheville'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
Aiglemont	08	7.0 km NE	1,692	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Durtol	63	455 km S	1,914	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montcenis	71	328 km S	1,923	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Kerbach	57	175 km E	1,224	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Avanne-Aveney	25	296 km S	2,256	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Flavigny-sur-Moselle	54	168 km SE	1,661	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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