Les Hautes-Rivières

Ardennes · CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne · INSEE 08218

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

Few services 39.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Hautes-Rivières (INSEE 08218) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne. Population 1,239 (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/08218-les-hautes-rivieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 13,021 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.1	10	0.97
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (NOIZET). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PIZZA RENARD QUI PASSE · SNACK E FRITES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC LECLERC, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MICHEL LACROIX, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DETRIGNE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE VALLÉES & PLATEAU D'ARDENNE-LES HAUTES RIVIÈRES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (HAIRSPA SALON PRIVE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL L'AUBERGE EN ARDENNE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	NOIZET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	PIZZA RENARD QUI PASSE · SNACK E FRITES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PASTEUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ERIC LECLERC, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MICHEL LACROIX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DETRIGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 VALLÉES & PLATEAU D'ARDENNE-LES HAUTES RIVIÈRES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	HAIRSPA SALON PRIVE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL L'AUBERGE EN ARDENNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 2,091 peak 1982: 2,354 2023: 1,239 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,587 (2012) → 1,239 (2023): -21.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,077 (1990) → 1,239 (2023): -40.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 840, of which 6.7 % second homes and 22.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.3 km SW 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 (Les Hautes-Rivières): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thilay): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Hautes-Rivières): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Les Hautes-Rivières): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Les Hautes-Rivières): 0.1 km to the south (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, 14.3 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 161 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 18.2 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 993 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTCY-ST-PIER, 14.3 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 — 08218/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08218/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08218/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08218/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08218
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08448
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
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde	16	628 km SW	1,254	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Meilhan	40	791 km SW	1,237	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %
Dampierre	39	311 km S	1,314	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Vermand	02	121 km W	1,104	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Arzano	29	644 km W	1,441	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Riotord	43	518 km S	1,195	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vermand	02	121 km W	1,104	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre	39	311 km S	1,314	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Riotord	43	518 km S	1,195	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde	16	628 km SW	1,254	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 71 %
Arzano	29	644 km W	1,441	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Meilhan	40	791 km SW	1,237	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Les Hautes-Rivières'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
Theizé	69	439 km S	1,278	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Prunay-le-Gillon	28	288 km SW	1,164	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Cognac-la-Forêt	87	534 km SW	1,188	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Neung-sur-Beuvron	41	343 km SW	1,259	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Sansac-de-Marmiesse	15	587 km S	1,395	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Flavignac	87	543 km SW	1,058	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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