Messincourt

Ardennes · CC des Portes du Luxembourg · INSEE 08289

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 23.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Messincourt (INSEE 08289) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Portes du Luxembourg. Population 580 (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/08289-messincourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 17,296 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.55	10	5.45
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LES NUANCES DE CLEM). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	MESSINCOURT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LES NUANCES DE CLEM	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: 677 peak 1975: 704 2023: 580 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 617 (2012) → 580 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 555 (1990) → 580 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 2.9 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.6 km SEFood shop — 2.1 km SWBakery — 4.0 km SEGP — 4.9 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 (Matton-et-Clémency): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Pouru-Saint-Remy): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pure): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Messincourt): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 72.3

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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. ^[13]

Measured at the LINAY weather station, 8.4 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 222 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 8.6 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 69 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 967 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LINAY, 8.4 km away at 177 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08289/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08289/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08289/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08289/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08281
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08375
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08343
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08349
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08289
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
Mondicourt	62	200 km W	600	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Champdôtre	21	278 km S	600	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Brousseval	52	133 km S	615	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Couffoulens	11	757 km S	533	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 30 % · humidity 29 %
Maillé	86	502 km SW	637	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Fresne-Léguillon	60	234 km W	440	23.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brousseval	52	133 km S	615	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Mondicourt	62	200 km W	600	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Fresne-Léguillon	60	234 km W	440	23.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Champdôtre	21	278 km S	600	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Maillé	86	502 km SW	637	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 71 %
Couffoulens	11	757 km S	533	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 30 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Messincourt'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
Gosselming	57	166 km SE	572	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ancemont	55	70 km S	527	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Alaincourt	02	128 km W	517	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chaignay	21	245 km S	493	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Griesbach-au-Val	68	235 km SE	678	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Clastres	02	138 km W	589	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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