Mouzon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 49.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mouzon (INSEE 08311) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Portes du Luxembourg. Population 2,229 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Amblimont (08009). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/08311-mouzon
Vitality score
Vitality score 49.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 69 % of the 8,890 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.82 | 20 | 16.42 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.3 | 10 | 2.96 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.74 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MAIE DE L ABBATIALE). [4,5]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). [4,5]
4 × Restaurant (FRITERIE CHEZ FABRICE · LES ECHEVINS · LA FABRIK · LA FRINGALE DU PORT). [4,5]
3 × Café / bar (LE MOOZ). [5]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU CENTRE). [4]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LORENZO DOMINGUEZ, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE VINKLER, MÉDECIN · ANNE SOPHIE MONTE, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LATROMPETTE DEVELOTTE). [4,5]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MOUZON AP). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [4]
1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE). [4]
4 × Hairdresser (GENOUX LILIANE · L'ART DE PLAIRE · PONSARD ARMANDE). [4,5]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA MAIE DE L ABBATIALE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | CARREFOUR EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | FRITERIE CHEZ FABRICE · LES ECHEVINS · LA FABRIK · LA FRINGALE DU PORT | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE MOOZ | INSEE SIRENE 3 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU CENTRE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | LORENZO DOMINGUEZ, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE VINKLER, MÉDECIN · ANNE SOPHIE MONTE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE LATROMPETTE DEVELOTTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MOUZON AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Hairdresser | 4 | GENOUX LILIANE · L'ART DE PLAIRE · PONSARD ARMANDE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,423 (2012) → 2,229 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,801 (1990) → 2,229 (2023): -20.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,259, of which 2.6 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mouzon): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Mouzon): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Mouzon): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Mouzon): 0 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Mouzon): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the DOUZY weather station, 6.4 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 161 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at DOUZY, 6.4 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. [10]
An average of 871 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at DOUZY, 6.4 km away at 153 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08311/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08311/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08311/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08311/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 08311
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg | 33 | 662 km SW | 2,244 | 55.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 43 % · humidity 57 % |
| Urt | 64 | 835 km SW | 2,346 | 56.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Saint-Georges-du-Bois | 72 | 407 km SW | 2,285 | 53.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villers-Outréaux | 59 | 136 km W | 2,117 | 56.8 | Partly served | no figures |
| Écouché-les-Vallées | 61 | 391 km W | 2,193 | 53.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Égreville | 77 | 227 km SW | 2,186 | 52.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-Outréaux | 59 | 136 km W | 2,117 | 56.8 | Partly served | no figures |
| Égreville | 77 | 227 km SW | 2,186 | 52.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Écouché-les-Vallées | 61 | 391 km W | 2,193 | 53.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Georges-du-Bois | 72 | 407 km SW | 2,285 | 53.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bourg | 33 | 662 km SW | 2,244 | 55.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 43 % · humidity 57 % |
| Urt | 64 | 835 km SW | 2,346 | 56.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Mouzon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donchery | 08 | 18 km NW | 1,989 | 42.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dunières | 43 | 491 km S | 2,670 | 51.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt | 02 | 90 km W | 1,697 | 51.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nouvion-sur-Meuse | 08 | 23 km NW | 2,249 | 47.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monthermé | 08 | 40 km NW | 2,138 | 53.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fumay | 08 | 51 km NW | 3,086 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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