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La Romagne

Ardennes · CC des Crêtes Préardennaises · INSEE 08369

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Romagne (INSEE 08369) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Crêtes Préardennaises. Population 130 (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/08369-la-romagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 12,923 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.44104.35
Housing mix0.853.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 188 2023: 130 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 135 (2012) → 130 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 139 (1990) → 130 (2023): -6.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 79, of which 10.1 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.4 km W (Rocquigny)Primary school — 4.9 km W (Rocquigny)Bakery — 5.0 km W (Rocquigny)GP — 5.9 km SW (Chaumont-Porcien)Pharmacy — 5.9 km SW (Chaumont-Porcien)
Food shop — 4.4 km WPrimary school — 4.9 km WBakery — 5.0 km WGP — 5.9 km SWPharmacy — 5.9 km SW 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 (Rocquigny): 5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rocquigny): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Chaumont-Porcien): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Chaumont-Porcien): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Rocquigny): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the SIGNY-L'ABBAYE weather station, 7.5 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 177 m. [10]

An average of 1,037 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at LA ROMAGNE, 0.4 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 47,500 € — 553 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Ardennes is 1,100 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08369/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08369/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08369/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08369/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08366
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 08113
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Passy-en-Valois0299 km SW13111.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 66 %
Haution0240 km NW1317.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 %
Saint-Denis-d'Aclon76242 km W1305.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 30 %
Yvrencheux80175 km W1308No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 43 %
Villers-sur-Bonnières60170 km W13012.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Bassanne33659 km SW13115.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 58 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Haution0240 km NW1317.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 64 %
Passy-en-Valois0299 km SW13111.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 66 %
Villers-sur-Bonnières60170 km W13012.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Yvrencheux80175 km W1308No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Denis-d'Aclon76242 km W1305.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 30 %
Bassanne33659 km SW13115.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 58 %

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