Saint-Germainmont

Ardennes · CC du Pays Rethélois · INSEE 08381

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

Few services 36.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germainmont (INSEE 08381) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC du Pays Rethélois. Population 806 (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/08381-saint-germainmont

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 15,597 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.43	10	4.29
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE SAINT GER). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MAGGIE PETRIGNET-MIEL, MÉDECIN · CHLOÉ BENARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAINT GER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DE SAINT GER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ARC EN CIEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MAGGIE PETRIGNET-MIEL, MÉDECIN · CHLOÉ BENARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAINT GER	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	SAINT GERMAINMONT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	1		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: 804 peak 1990: 868 2023: 806 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 802 (2012) → 806 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 868 (1990) → 806 (2023): -7.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 365, of which 3.6 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.9 km NWFood shop — 3.0 km W 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 (Saint-Germainmont): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villers-devant-le-Thour): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Germainmont): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germainmont): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Germainmont): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.4

Days at or below 0 °C 43.7

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BANOGNE-RECOUVRANCE weather station, 7.2 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 77 m. ^[10]

The village sits 53 m below 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. ^[10]

An average of 784 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU-PORCIEN, 6 km away at 67 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 — 08381/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08381/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08381/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08381/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08381
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08476
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
Combles	80	107 km NW	757	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac	33	602 km SW	771	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Docelles	88	237 km SE	856	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Doulaincourt-Saucourt	52	153 km SE	731	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Étrœungt	59	63 km N	1,233	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 91 %
Château-sur-Epte	27	182 km W	659	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Étrœungt	59	63 km N	1,233	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 91 %
Combles	80	107 km NW	757	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 99 %
Doulaincourt-Saucourt	52	153 km SE	731	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Château-sur-Epte	27	182 km W	659	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 96 %
Docelles	88	237 km SE	856	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac	33	602 km SW	771	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %

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