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Mont-Saint-Martin

Ardennes · CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise · INSEE 08308

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

No daily shops 11/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mont-Saint-Martin (INSEE 08308) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise. Population 88 (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/08308-mont-saint-martin

Vitality score

Vitality score 11/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 9,350 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.56105.6
Housing mix0.7453.72

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 0 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]

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 133 2023: 88 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 78 (2012) → 88 (2023): 12.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 83 (1990) → 88 (2023): 6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 47, of which 12.8 % second homes and 17 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 5.2 km SE (Monthois)Primary school — 5.3 km SE (Monthois)Pharmacy — 5.3 km SE (Monthois)GP — 5.5 km SE (Monthois)Food shop — 6.7 km NE (Vouziers)
Bakery — 5.2 km SEPrimary school — 5.3 km SEPharmacy — 5.3 km SEGP — 5.5 km SEFood shop — 6.7 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 (Monthois): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vouziers): 6.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Monthois): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Monthois): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Monthois): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the VOUZIERS weather station, 8.7 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 147 m. [10]

The village sits 51 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 SAULCES-CHAMPENOISES, 14.8 km away at 147 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 837 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LIRY, 3.2 km away at 130 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08308/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08308/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08308/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08308/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08303
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08490
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Adam-lès-Passavant25260 km SE8812No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Brieux61349 km W8812.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Corcelle-Mieslot25247 km SE8810.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Neuviller-lès-Badonviller54186 km SE8911.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Domqueur80205 km NW8811.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Arrelles10146 km S9011No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Arrelles10146 km S9011No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Neuviller-lès-Badonviller54186 km SE8911.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Domqueur80205 km NW8811.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Corcelle-Mieslot25247 km SE8810.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Adam-lès-Passavant25260 km SE8812No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Brieux61349 km W8812.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Mont-Saint-Martin'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Neuviller-lès-Badonviller54186 km SE8911.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Méligny-le-Grand5596 km SE8814.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Signéville52127 km S8610.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Amondans25273 km SE8511.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Dagonville5581 km SE8810.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Prey88197 km SE889.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %