Matton-et-Clémency

Ardennes · CC des Portes du Luxembourg · INSEE 08281

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

Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Matton-et-Clémency (INSEE 08281) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Portes du Luxembourg. Population 424 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,961 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.38	10	3.83
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.29

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE CLANDESTIN · LA CH'TITE FRITE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MATTON ET CLEMENCY RP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING RESIDENCE DU BANEL). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		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	2	LE CLANDESTIN · LA CH'TITE FRITE	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	MATTON ET CLEMENCY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING RESIDENCE DU BANEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 600 peak 1975: 603 2023: 424 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 448 (2012) → 424 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 480 (1990) → 424 (2023): -11.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 7.1 % second homes and 19.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.4 km WFood shop — 4.3 km SWGP — 4.5 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 (Matton-et-Clémency): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Carignan): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Carignan): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Pure): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Matton-et-Clémency): 0 km to the north-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. ^[11]

Measured at the LINAY weather station, 5.5 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 191 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 11.7 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 967 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LINAY, 5.5 km away at 177 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08281/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08281/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08281/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08281/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08349
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
Berjou	61	422 km W	417	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Chartier	36	412 km SW	458	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguilhe	33	659 km SW	376	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Priest-de-Gimel	19	543 km SW	480	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Carisey	89	218 km SW	377	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jeure-d'Ay	07	504 km S	495	40	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Carisey	89	218 km SW	377	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Chartier	36	412 km SW	458	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Berjou	61	422 km W	417	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jeure-d'Ay	07	504 km S	495	40	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Priest-de-Gimel	19	543 km SW	480	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguilhe	33	659 km SW	376	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Matton-et-Clémency'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
Brouvelieures	88	194 km SE	405	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bouy	51	89 km SW	533	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Écouviez	55	24 km SE	543	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Loulans-Verchamp	70	258 km S	460	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Traves	70	235 km S	345	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Coulonges-Cohan	02	124 km SW	443	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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