Margut

Ardennes · CC des Portes du Luxembourg · INSEE 08276

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

Partly served 47.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Margut (INSEE 08276) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Portes du Luxembourg. Population 700 (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/08276-margut

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,415 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.35	10	3.55
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

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 0 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) (BOULANGERIE PONSARDIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (FRITERIE LA MAISON DU BURGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAIRE SCHELTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF' A DEUX). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PONSARDIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	FRITERIE LA MAISON DU BURGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CLAIRE SCHELTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE ZANTE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	COIFF' A DEUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 847 2023: 700 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 781 (2012) → 700 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 819 (1990) → 700 (2023): -14.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 381, of which 2.4 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 0.5 km EPrimary school — 0.5 km EGP — 0.5 km EPharmacy — 0.6 km NFood shop — 7.2 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 (Margut): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blagny): 7.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Margut): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Margut): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Margut): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 72.3

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LINAY weather station, 4.8 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 171 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 17.8 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 995 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARGUT, 1.8 km away at 180 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 — 08276/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08276/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08276/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08276/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08276
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08067
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
Huppy	80	255 km W	749	59.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Papoul	11	738 km S	835	50.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 19 % · humidity 36 %
Sauternes	33	704 km SW	788	60.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 29 %
Rochefort-sur-Nenon	39	274 km S	700	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Mattaincourt	88	158 km SE	802	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aulaire	19	564 km SW	773	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mattaincourt	88	158 km SE	802	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Huppy	80	255 km W	749	59.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Rochefort-sur-Nenon	39	274 km S	700	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aulaire	19	564 km SW	773	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sauternes	33	704 km SW	788	60.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Papoul	11	738 km S	835	50.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 19 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Margut'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
Mattaincourt	88	158 km SE	802	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Grostenquin	57	127 km SE	604	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lucquy	08	57 km W	584	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saulx	70	223 km S	874	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Recologne	25	260 km S	730	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Breuches	70	214 km S	657	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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