Hargnies

Ardennes · CC Ardenne, Rives de Meuse · INSEE 08214

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

Partly served 42.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hargnies (INSEE 08214) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. Population 435 (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/08214-hargnies

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,955 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.35	10	3.51
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[4,3]

3 × Restaurant (FRITERIE DE LAUNET · LA TABLE DU PAYS · RESTAURANT L'AULNET). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (LA MAISON CHANCHET). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (HARGNIES AP). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	3	FRITERIE DE LAUNET · LA TABLE DU PAYS · RESTAURANT L'AULNET	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	LA MAISON CHANCHET	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	HARGNIES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 623 2023: 435 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 466 (2012) → 435 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 511 (1990) → 435 (2023): -14.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 293, of which 13.3 % second homes and 18.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 6.2 km WGP — 6.3 km WPharmacy — 6.3 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 (Haybes): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hargnies): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Haybes): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Haybes): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Hargnies): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.6

Days at or below 0 °C 71.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the HAM-SUR-MEUSE weather station, 10.7 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 314 m. ^[10]

The village sits 205 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]

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, 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 — 08214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08222
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08214
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
Landébia	22	544 km W	461	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 42 %
Les Halles	69	479 km S	472	50.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 85 %
Préty	71	387 km S	582	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Cassagnabère-Tournas	31	815 km SW	468	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse	86	455 km SW	462	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 74 %
Jullié	69	420 km S	492	44.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Préty	71	387 km S	582	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Jullié	69	420 km S	492	44.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse	86	455 km SW	462	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 74 %
Les Halles	69	479 km S	472	50.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 85 %
Landébia	22	544 km W	461	40.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 42 %
Cassagnabère-Tournas	31	815 km SW	468	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 77 %

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