Les Mazures

Identity

Les Mazures (INSEE 08284) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne. Population 846 (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/08284-les-mazures

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 89 % of the 15,322 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DES MAZ'S). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MORILLA FERNANDO · LA FERME DU PONT DES AULNES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR A JUS DU LAC). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES MAZURES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE L'ASTROLABE L'ASTROLABE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS · GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE AMENAGEE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MARVILLA PARKS). ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 940 (2012) → 846 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 738 (1990) → 846 (2023): 14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 443, of which 6.1 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Mazures): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Revin): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Revin): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Revin): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Mazures): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the REVIN weather station, 4.9 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 332 m. ^[10]

The village sits 202 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ROCROI, 7.7 km away at 382 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 50 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 1,121 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at REVIN, 4.9 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08284/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08284/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08284/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08284/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08284
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08363
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024