Harcy

Ardennes · CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne · INSEE 08212

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Harcy (INSEE 08212) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne. Population 515 (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/08212-harcy

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 17,741 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.52
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE D'HARCY-SORMONNE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE D'HARCY-SORMONNE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4]
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: 402 2023: 515 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 493 (2012) → 515 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 447 (1990) → 515 (2023): 15.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 233, of which 1.3 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.7 km WFood shop — 1.9 km WPharmacy — 1.9 km WGP — 2.4 km W 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 (Rimogne): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rimogne): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rimogne): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rimogne): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Harcy): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.1

Days at or below 0 °C 86

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHARLEVILLE-MEZ weather station, 8.4 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 252 m. ^[10]

The village sits 107 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 CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 8.4 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 107 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 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 8.4 km away at 145 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 — 08212/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08212/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08212/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08212/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08365
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08212
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
Roëllecourt	62	166 km W	516	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 %
Siegen	67	270 km E	519	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Villers-le-Sec	70	277 km SE	519	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Biltzheim	68	294 km SE	510	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Épinay-sur-Duclair	76	270 km W	521	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Vallègue	31	744 km S	509	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 35 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Roëllecourt	62	166 km W	516	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 %
Siegen	67	270 km E	519	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Épinay-sur-Duclair	76	270 km W	521	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-le-Sec	70	277 km SE	519	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Biltzheim	68	294 km SE	510	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Vallègue	31	744 km S	509	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 35 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Harcy'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
Vernierfontaine	25	329 km SE	486	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Phal	10	195 km S	521	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Autechaux-Roide	25	318 km SE	487	10.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Damouzy	08	9.2 km SE	423	11.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Illy	08	31 km E	413	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Les Paroches	55	124 km SE	413	13.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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