Saint-Fergeux

Ardennes · CC du Pays Rethélois · INSEE 08380

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

No daily shops 13.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Fergeux (INSEE 08380) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC du Pays Rethélois. Population 213 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 13.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 16,342 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.55	10	5.49
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

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 1 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]

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

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. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	POINT-LECTURE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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: 309 2023: 213 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 201 (2012) → 213 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 203 (1990) → 213 (2023): 4.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 113, of which 6.2 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Pharmacy — 4.3 km SEFood shop — 4.4 km SEPrimary school — 4.4 km SEGP — 4.4 km SEBakery — 4.5 km SE 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 (Château-Porcien): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Château-Porcien): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Château-Porcien): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Château-Porcien): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Château-Porcien): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 56

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 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BANOGNE-RECOUVRANCE weather station, 6.2 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[9]

An average of 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU-PORCIEN, 5.8 km away at 67 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 — 08380/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08380/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08380/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08380/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08107
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
Tichey	21	295 km S	208	14.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 100 %
Montord	03	371 km S	211	13.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 96 %
La Fosse-Corduan	10	131 km S	213	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 96 %
Dammartin-les-Templiers	25	295 km SE	218	16	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 45 %
Éhuns	70	252 km SE	223	15.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 70 %
Ribeaucourt	80	163 km NW	223	13.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Fosse-Corduan	10	131 km S	213	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 96 %
Ribeaucourt	80	163 km NW	223	13.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 78 %
Éhuns	70	252 km SE	223	15.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 70 %
Tichey	21	295 km S	208	14.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 100 %
Dammartin-les-Templiers	25	295 km SE	218	16	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 45 %
Montord	03	371 km S	211	13.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 96 %

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