Fumay

Ardennes · CC Ardenne, Rives de Meuse · INSEE 08185

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

Partly served 41.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fumay (INSEE 08185) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. Population 3,086 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/08185-fumay

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 6,963 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	0.77	20	15.4
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.08	10	0.75
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE L'ARDOISE · LES DELICES DE CLAIRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI REIMS · CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LE SAINTE ANNE · MS. SOUS LA VOUTE). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (L'ESCALE · DREAM TEAM BAR · CHEZ LISA). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LES AURAINS). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERVE DEBAISIEUX, MÉDECIN · MARC SACREZ, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L ARDOISE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MARIE-LOUISE GOFFART). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE SAINTE MARIE · COSEC DU CHARMOIS). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (MURIELLE COIFFURE BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BELLEVUE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE DE L'ARDOISE · LES DELICES DE CLAIRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	2	ALDI REIMS · CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	LE SAINTE ANNE · MS. SOUS LA VOUTE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	L'ESCALE · DREAM TEAM BAR · CHEZ LISA	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CENTRE 1 · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE CHARNOIS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LES AURAINS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	HERVE DEBAISIEUX, MÉDECIN · MARC SACREZ, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L ARDOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MARIE-LOUISE GOFFART	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE SAINTE MARIE · COSEC DU CHARMOIS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	4	MURIELLE COIFFURE BEAUTE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 4 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING BELLEVUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 6,426 2023: 3,086 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,672 (2012) → 3,086 (2023): -16 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 5,363 (1990) → 3,086 (2023): -42.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,891, of which 4.2 % second homes and 18.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.8 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 (Fumay): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Haybes): 0.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

Pharmacy (Fumay): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fumay): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.5

Days at or below 0 °C 62.7

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the REVIN weather station, 8.9 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 119 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ROCROI, 15.2 km away at 382 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 263 m above 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 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FUMAY, 0.7 km away at 133 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 — 08185/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08185/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08185/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08185/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08222
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
Le Boupère	85	547 km SW	3,151	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Port-Saint-Père	44	571 km SW	3,059	45.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Ingrandes-le-Fresne-sur-Loire	49	503 km SW	3,071	50.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 51 %
Merlevenez	56	632 km W	3,174	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Labouheyre	40	771 km SW	2,906	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Plerguer	35	503 km W	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plerguer	35	503 km W	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Ingrandes-le-Fresne-sur-Loire	49	503 km SW	3,071	50.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 51 %
Le Boupère	85	547 km SW	3,151	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Port-Saint-Père	44	571 km SW	3,059	45.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Merlevenez	56	632 km W	3,174	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Labouheyre	40	771 km SW	2,906	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 70 % · 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 Fumay'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
Péron	01	433 km S	2,916	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Dunières	43	532 km S	2,670	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Mouzon	08	51 km SE	2,229	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel	02	42 km W	3,199	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Port-sur-Saône	70	274 km S	2,949	62.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Puttelange-aux-Lacs	57	192 km SE	3,016	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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