Novion-Porcien

Ardennes · CC des Crêtes Préardennaises · INSEE 08329

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

Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Novion-Porcien (INSEE 08329) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Crêtes Préardennaises. Population 526 (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/08329-novion-porcien

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 17,649 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.6	10	6.03
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE SERRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (NOVION PORCIEN RP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (JEANVALJEAN · FRANCK PROVOST). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE SERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	NOVION PORCIEN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	JEANVALJEAN · FRANCK PROVOST	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 573 2023: 526 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 509 (2012) → 526 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 477 (1990) → 526 (2023): 10.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 244, of which 3.3 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery GP — 5.5 km SEFood shop — 5.6 km SEPharmacy — 5.6 km SEPrimary school — 6.2 km NW 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 (Novion-Porcien): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saulces-Monclin): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saulces-Monclin): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saulces-Monclin): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Wasigny): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.3

Days at or below 0 °C 67.1

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 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SIGNY-L'ABBAYE weather station, 9.7 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[11]

The village sits 68 m below 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. ^[11]

An average of 1,066 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SIGNY-L'ABBAYE, 9.7 km away at 180 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08329/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08329/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08329/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08329/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08402
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08499
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
Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain	55	83 km E	435	21.2	Few services	no figures
Saint-Germain-la-Ville	51	80 km S	652	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 80 %
La Côte	70	265 km SE	549	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Vannes-le-Châtel	54	153 km SE	506	13	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Torcenay	52	213 km S	546	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Culmont	52	211 km S	538	11.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-la-Ville	51	80 km S	652	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain	55	83 km E	435	21.2	Few services	no figures
Vannes-le-Châtel	54	153 km SE	506	13	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Culmont	52	211 km S	538	11.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Torcenay	52	213 km S	546	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
La Côte	70	265 km SE	549	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %

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