Lumes

Ardennes · CA Ardenne Métropole · INSEE 08263

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

Few services 25.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lumes (INSEE 08263) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 1,099 (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/08263-lumes

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 13,768 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.38	10	3.78
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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) (LE VU THANH TU). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SNC BRAZ HURPET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LUMES LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE VU THANH TU	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 [3,4]
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	1	SNC BRAZ HURPET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	LUMES LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 951 peak 1990: 1,251 2023: 1,099 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,161 (2012) → 1,099 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,251 (1990) → 1,099 (2023): -12.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 515, of which 0.4 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km WGP — 2.9 km WPharmacy — 3.2 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 (Lumes): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villers-Semeuse): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villers-Semeuse): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villers-Semeuse): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lumes): 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, 5.3 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 154 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 11.4 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, 5.3 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 — 08263/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08263/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08263/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08263/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08263
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08480
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
Barbières	26	532 km S	1,143	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Cazères-sur-l'Adour	40	769 km SW	1,128	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Hauteville-sur-Fier	74	435 km S	1,155	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Agnin	38	489 km S	1,245	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Chabournay	86	474 km SW	1,274	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Rittershoffen	67	248 km E	928	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rittershoffen	67	248 km E	928	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Hauteville-sur-Fier	74	435 km S	1,155	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Chabournay	86	474 km SW	1,274	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Agnin	38	489 km S	1,245	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Barbières	26	532 km S	1,143	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Cazères-sur-l'Adour	40	769 km SW	1,128	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Lumes'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
Ceintrey	54	168 km SE	889	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-le-Roi	27	267 km W	1,238	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Savières	10	160 km SW	1,085	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Oermingen	67	189 km SE	1,086	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Willgottheim	67	231 km SE	1,057	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Hipsheim	67	253 km SE	1,029	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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