Prix-lès-Mézières

Ardennes · CA Ardenne Métropole · INSEE 08346

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prix-lès-Mézières (INSEE 08346) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 1,396 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 12,122 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.45	10	4.48
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON ROGER MAITRE BOULANGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE COLLIN). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (LE BRUNCH ARDENNAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE R MEISSMER). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HELENE PIERRE CAVARD, MÉDECIN · PAULINE CLAY, MÉDECIN · ANOUCHKA TOMCZAK, MÉDECIN · JULIEN LECHAT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BARBAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MARIE-PIERRE · BOJARYN JOSEPHA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	MAISON ROGER MAITRE BOULANGER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHARCUTERIE COLLIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	LE BRUNCH ARDENNAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE R MEISSMER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	HELENE PIERRE CAVARD, MÉDECIN · PAULINE CLAY, MÉDECIN · ANOUCHKA TOMCZAK, MÉDECIN · JULIEN LECHAT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BARBAISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	MARIE-PIERRE · BOJARYN JOSEPHA	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: 892 peak 1990: 1,472 2023: 1,396 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,387 (2012) → 1,396 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,472 (1990) → 1,396 (2023): -5.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 706, of which 0.6 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.8 km EPharmacy — 0.8 km E 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 (Prix-lès-Mézières): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Prix-lès-Mézières): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Prix-lès-Mézières): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Prix-lès-Mézières): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Prix-lès-Mézières): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 58.5

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MONTCY-ST-PIER weather station, 4.3 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 151 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 4.5 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MEZIERES, 2.1 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08346/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08346/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08346/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08346/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08346
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
Rozérieulles	57	124 km SE	1,334	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Jenlain	59	98 km NW	1,115	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Gouy-sous-Bellonne	62	132 km NW	1,391	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Ohlungen	67	242 km SE	1,418	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Férin	59	132 km NW	1,432	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Deyme	31	738 km S	1,468	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jenlain	59	98 km NW	1,115	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Rozérieulles	57	124 km SE	1,334	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Férin	59	132 km NW	1,432	52.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Gouy-sous-Bellonne	62	132 km NW	1,391	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Ohlungen	67	242 km SE	1,418	34.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Deyme	31	738 km S	1,468	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Prix-lès-Mézières'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
Rozérieulles	57	124 km SE	1,334	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Cernay-lès-Reims	51	69 km SW	1,624	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Essars	62	169 km NW	1,753	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cuffies	02	106 km W	1,733	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Durtol	63	457 km S	1,914	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Neuf-Mesnil	59	80 km NW	1,286	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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