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Noirval

Ardennes · CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise · INSEE 08325

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

No daily shops 7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Noirval (INSEE 08325) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise. Population 28 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/08325-noirval

Vitality score

Vitality score 7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 1,808 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 trend0.1100.96
Housing mix155

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: 75 2023: 28 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 32 (2012) → 28 (2023): -12.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 47 (1990) → 28 (2023): -40.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 19, of which 0 % second homes and 26.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.0 km SW (Quatre-Champs)Primary school — 4.4 km NE (Brieulles-sur-Bar)GP — 4.4 km W (Bairon et ses environs)Bakery — 6.4 km N (Bairon et ses environs)Pharmacy — 6.4 km N (Bairon et ses environs)
Food shop — 3.0 km SWPrimary school — 4.4 km NEGP — 4.4 km WBakery — 6.4 km NPharmacy — 6.4 km N 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 (Bairon et ses environs): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Quatre-Champs): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bairon et ses environs): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bairon et ses environs): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Brieulles-sur-Bar): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LE CHESNE weather station, 6.1 km away at 168 m; the village itself is at 165 m. [11]

An average of 1,021 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LE CHESNE, 6.1 km away at 168 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08325/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08325/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08325/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08325/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08116
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08350
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08085
  11. 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
Annonville52124 km S287.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 82 %
La Genevroye52133 km S2813.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Dommartin-la-Chaussée5492 km SE2917.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Domremy-la-Canne5567 km E2711.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Gillaumé52117 km S3010.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Cizancourt80142 km W307.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 66 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Domremy-la-Canne5567 km E2711.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Dommartin-la-Chaussée5492 km SE2917.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Gillaumé52117 km S3010.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Annonville52124 km S287.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 82 %
La Genevroye52133 km S2813.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Cizancourt80142 km W307.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 66 %

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