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Juniville

Ardennes · CC du Pays Rethélois · INSEE 08239

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

Partly served 44.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Juniville (INSEE 08239) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC du Pays Rethélois. Population 1,224 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/08239-juniville

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 13,093 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.43208.65
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.98109.76
Housing mix0.9654.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA'VENUE GOURMANDE). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (ROTISSERIE EL · REGAL PIZZA · SULTAN KEBAB · WAZET). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL VERLAINE). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DE LA RETOURNE). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIEN ROMBI, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DESAVEINES, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE JUNIVILLE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (JUNIVILLE RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (L ATELIER DES CHEVEUX · MURIELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LA'VENUE GOURMANDEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4ROTISSERIE EL · REGAL PIZZA · SULTAN KEBAB · WAZETINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL VERLAINEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE DE LA RETOURNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2JULIEN ROMBI, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DESAVEINES, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE JUNIVILLEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1JUNIVILLE RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3L ATELIER DES CHEVEUX · MURIELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 718 peak 2017: 1,226 2023: 1,224 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,205 (2012) → 1,224 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 829 (1990) → 1,224 (2023): 47.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 562, of which 1.8 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 8.3 km NW (Tagnon)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 8.3 km NW 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 (Juniville): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Tagnon): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Juniville): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Juniville): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Juniville): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the JUNIVILLE weather station, 0.9 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 91 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at SAULCES-CHAMPENOISES, 8.4 km away at 147 m, over 21 summers. [10]

That station sits 56 m above 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 716 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at JUNIVILLE, 0.9 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08239/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08239/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08239/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08239/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08239
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08435
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Oisy-le-Verger62131 km NW1,21332.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Ambleny0287 km W1,20533.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %
Villepinte11702 km S1,24335.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 32 % · humidity 43 %
Lamarque33614 km SW1,33544.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 43 %
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay33609 km SW1,39541.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 7 %
Marcorignan11695 km S1,33345.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 19 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ambleny0287 km W1,20533.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %
Oisy-le-Verger62131 km NW1,21332.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay33609 km SW1,39541.7Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 7 %
Lamarque33614 km SW1,33544.1Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 43 %
Marcorignan11695 km S1,33345.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 19 % · humidity 0 %
Villepinte11702 km S1,24335.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 32 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Juniville'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tronville-en-Barrois55100 km SE1,30236.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Docelles88215 km SE85645.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Marmagne71285 km S1,28342.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Frahier-et-Chatebier70260 km SE1,37841.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Hundling57191 km E1,33937.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Violay42394 km S1,21843.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %