Guignicourt-sur-Vence

Identity

Guignicourt-sur-Vence (INSEE 08203) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Crêtes Préardennaises. Population 272 (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/08203-guignicourt-sur-vence

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 17,579 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 298 (2012) → 272 (2023): -8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 313 (1990) → 272 (2023): -13.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 9.3 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Poix-Terron): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Poix-Terron): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Boulzicourt): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Poix-Terron): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Poix-Terron): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAUNOIS-SUR-VENCE_SAPC weather station, 8.4 km away at 218 m; the village itself is at 167 m. ^[10]

The village sits 51 m below 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 CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 11.4 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 939 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LAUNOIS-SUR-VENCE_SAPC, 8.4 km away at 218 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 137,500 € — 1,088 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Ardennes is 1,100 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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 — 08203/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08203/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08203/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08203/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08341
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08076
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025