Raucourt-et-Flaba

Ardennes · CC des Portes du Luxembourg · INSEE 08354

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

Served 60.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Raucourt-et-Flaba (INSEE 08354) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Portes du Luxembourg. Population 813 (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/08354-raucourt-et-flaba

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 15,551 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	0.58	25	14.41
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.38	10	3.81
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOUCNIAUX JEAN PIERRE · FOURNIL LES DELICES DE CLAUDE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI · L'EPICERIE DE LA VALLEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE GENEPI BLANC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE RAUCOURT). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE CRANNEY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DU PAVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE RAUCOURT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR DE DETENTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOUCNIAUX JEAN PIERRE · FOURNIL LES DELICES DE CLAUDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	PROXI · L'EPICERIE DE LA VALLEE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 GENEPI BLANC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE RAUCOURT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHRISTINE CRANNEY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DU PAVE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE RAUCOURT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	L'HAIR DE DETENTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,196 2023: 813 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 864 (2012) → 813 (2023): -5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 923 (1990) → 813 (2023): -11.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 477, of which 1.9 % second homes and 17.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 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 (Raucourt-et-Flaba): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Raucourt-et-Flaba): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Raucourt-et-Flaba): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Raucourt-et-Flaba): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Raucourt-et-Flaba): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8

Days at or below 0 °C 66.4

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the RAUCOURT - MAN weather station, 0.4 km away at 200 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 8.6 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,045 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at RAUCOURT - MAN, 0.4 km away at 200 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 — 08354/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08354/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08354/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08354/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08354
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
Corbeny	02	83 km W	851	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë	53	488 km W	949	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Fontaine-Française	21	233 km S	911	63.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ury	77	222 km SW	882	60.9	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sainville	28	260 km SW	1,046	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Maury	66	777 km S	773	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Corbeny	02	83 km W	851	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ury	77	222 km SW	882	60.9	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Française	21	233 km S	911	63.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sainville	28	260 km SW	1,046	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë	53	488 km W	949	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Maury	66	777 km S	773	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Raucourt-et-Flaba'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
Corbeny	02	83 km W	851	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Rilly-la-Montagne	51	82 km SW	1,003	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Gaillefontaine	76	241 km W	1,108	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Poix-Terron	08	23 km W	883	72.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Gespunsart	08	26 km N	954	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sains-Richaumont	02	94 km W	923	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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