Montcheutin

Ardennes · CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise · INSEE 08296

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montcheutin (INSEE 08296) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise. Population 110 (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 10.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 11,472 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.47	10	4.73
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF N BEAUTY). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	COIFF N BEAUTY	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: 166 2023: 110 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 147 (2012) → 110 (2023): -25.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 113 (1990) → 110 (2023): -2.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 70, of which 8.6 % second homes and 18.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 5.9 km WPrimary school — 6.4 km NEGP — 6.5 km NEPharmacy — 6.7 km NEFood shop — 6.9 km NE 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 (Challerange): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grandpré): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Grandpré): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Grandpré): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Grandpré): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.6

Days at or below 0 °C 54.5

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTCHEUTIN_SAPC weather station, 0.9 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 132 m. ^[10]

An average of 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTCHEUTIN, 0.2 km away at 132 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 — 08296/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08296/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08296/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08296/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08198
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
Boussenois	21	187 km S	110	9.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 65 %
Argers	51	25 km S	110	14.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 92 %
La Chapelle-Onzerain	45	274 km SW	110	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Lizos	65	760 km SW	109	11.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 54 %
Blécourt	52	103 km S	111	11.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Brocourt	80	225 km W	109	8.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Argers	51	25 km S	110	14.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 92 %
Blécourt	52	103 km S	111	11.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Boussenois	21	187 km S	110	9.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 65 %
Brocourt	80	225 km W	109	8.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
La Chapelle-Onzerain	45	274 km SW	110	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Lizos	65	760 km SW	109	11.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 54 %

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