Renwez

Ardennes · CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne · INSEE 08361

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

Partly served 44.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Renwez (INSEE 08361) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC Vallées et Plateau d'Ardenne. Population 1,656 (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/08361-renwez

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 10,897 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	9.84
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.74	10	7.44
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (3L). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (FRITES AVENUE · ATELIER F32). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GHEORGHE COZMANCIUC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (RENWEZ AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RENWEZ). ^[3]

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

5 × Hairdresser (SAGONERO FLORE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DUPONT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	3L	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	FRITES AVENUE · ATELIER F32	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES MICHELET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	GHEORGHE COZMANCIUC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LAMKIN DULUC	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	RENWEZ AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RENWEZ	INSEE BPE 1 [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	5	SAGONERO FLORE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 1,261 peak 2012: 1,735 2023: 1,656 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,735 (2012) → 1,656 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,331 (1990) → 1,656 (2023): 24.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 811, of which 2.8 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Renwez): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Renwez): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Renwez): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Renwez): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Renwez): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 88.2

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 88 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHARLEVILLE-MEZ weather station, 6.8 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 275 m. ^[9]

The village sits 130 m above 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. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 6.8 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 130 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 6.8 km away at 145 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 — 08361/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08361/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08361/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08361/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08361
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
Cenon-sur-Vienne	86	454 km SW	1,666	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 %
Hinx	40	801 km SW	1,894	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Just-d'Ardèche	07	615 km S	1,577	56.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 8 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Aubin	39	317 km S	1,871	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Plélan-le-Petit	22	520 km W	1,992	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Montbazens	12	623 km S	1,446	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aubin	39	317 km S	1,871	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Cenon-sur-Vienne	86	454 km SW	1,666	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 39 % · humidity 64 %
Plélan-le-Petit	22	520 km W	1,992	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Just-d'Ardèche	07	615 km S	1,577	56.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 8 % · humidity 79 %
Montbazens	12	623 km S	1,446	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 85 %
Hinx	40	801 km SW	1,894	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Renwez'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
Amancey	25	330 km S	744	63.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Avoudrey	25	329 km SE	982	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Blamont	25	319 km SE	1,225	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp	25	324 km SE	1,762	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montfaucon-en-Velay	43	518 km S	1,158	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Tournes	08	5.1 km SE	1,055	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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