Rancennes

Ardennes · CC Ardenne, Rives de Meuse · INSEE 08353

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

No daily shops 15.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rancennes (INSEE 08353) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. Population 709 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/08353-rancennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 16,352 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.21	10	2.08
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA CLÉ DES CHAMPS). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA CLÉ DES CHAMPS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 437 peak 1990: 1,001 2023: 709 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 721 (2012) → 709 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,001 (1990) → 709 (2023): -29.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 348, of which 3.4 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.0 km NBakery — 2.2 km NFood shop — 2.2 km NPharmacy — 2.2 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 (Givet): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Givet): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Givet): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Givet): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Rancennes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.5

Days at or below 0 °C 52.3

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 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the RANCENNES weather station, 0.4 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 160 m. ^[10]

An average of 767 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RANCENNES, 0.4 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08353/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08353/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08353/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08353/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08190
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08353
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
Vraiville	27	289 km W	721	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Écharcon	91	245 km SW	708	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Mareil-en-France	95	208 km SW	734	24.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Aulnay-sur-Iton	27	299 km SW	710	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Stattmatten	67	273 km SE	744	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Michelbach-le-Bas	68	341 km SE	722	20.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mareil-en-France	95	208 km SW	734	24.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Écharcon	91	245 km SW	708	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Stattmatten	67	273 km SE	744	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Vraiville	27	289 km W	721	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Aulnay-sur-Iton	27	299 km SW	710	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Michelbach-le-Bas	68	341 km SE	722	20.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %

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