Saulces-Monclin

Ardennes · CC des Crêtes Préardennaises · INSEE 08402

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

Partly served 59.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saulces-Monclin (INSEE 08402) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Crêtes Préardennaises. Population 837 (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/08402-saulces-monclin

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 15,374 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL K-M). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE VAL DE VENCE · SNACK FRITERIE DE LA RN 51). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ISABELLE MOUTON-MOREAU, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN VEZILIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAULCES-MONCLIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAULCES MONCLIN RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE DE SAULCES-MONCLIN). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (NELLY · L'ENVIE DE PL'HAIR · KARINE D COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SARL K-M	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LE VAL DE VENCE · SNACK FRITERIE DE LA RN 51	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	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ISABELLE MOUTON-MOREAU, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN VEZILIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAULCES-MONCLIN	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	SAULCES MONCLIN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT-LECTURE DE SAULCES-MONCLIN	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	3	NELLY · L'ENVIE DE PL'HAIR · KARINE D COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 526 2023: 837 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 721 (2012) → 837 (2023): 16.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 513 (1990) → 837 (2023): 63.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 381, of which 2.6 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 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 (Saulces-Monclin): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saulces-Monclin): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saulces-Monclin): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saulces-Monclin): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saulces-Monclin): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.8

Days at or below 0 °C 45.5

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LAUNOIS-SUR-VENCE_SAPC weather station, 11 km away at 218 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[9]

The village sits 103 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. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at SAULCES-CHAMPENOISES, 16.9 km away at 147 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 939 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LAUNOIS-SUR-VENCE_SAPC, 11 km away at 218 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 — 08402/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08402/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08402/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08402/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08402
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
Daours	80	152 km W	737	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Corbeny	02	50 km W	851	66.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Docelles	88	222 km SE	856	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Flogny-la-Chapelle	89	186 km S	935	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Raucourt-et-Flaba	08	33 km E	813	60.6	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac	33	624 km SW	771	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Raucourt-et-Flaba	08	33 km E	813	60.6	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Corbeny	02	50 km W	851	66.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Daours	80	152 km W	737	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Flogny-la-Chapelle	89	186 km S	935	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Docelles	88	222 km SE	856	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac	33	624 km SW	771	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Saulces-Monclin'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
Daours	80	152 km W	737	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sainville	28	230 km SW	1,046	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Orgères-en-Beauce	28	260 km SW	1,007	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Acy-en-Multien	60	124 km SW	821	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Durmenach	68	309 km SE	836	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Gaillefontaine	76	208 km W	1,108	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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