Houldizy

Identity

Houldizy (INSEE 08230) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 394 (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/08230-houldizy

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 18,017 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

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ARREUX-HOULDIZY-DAMOUZY). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (JOINE VANINA). ^[3,4]

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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 357 (2012) → 394 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 328 (1990) → 394 (2023): 20.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 2.4 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Warcq): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tournes): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tournes): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Warcq): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Houldizy): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHARLEVILLE-MEZ weather station, 3.5 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 210 m. ^[11]

The village sits 65 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 3.5 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 65 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 3.5 km away at 145 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

22 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 190,000 € — 956 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Ardennes is 1,100 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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 — 08230/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08230/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08230/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08230/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08497
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08457
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08230
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025