Sommauthe
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 17.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sommauthe (INSEE 08424) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise. Population 132 (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 17.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 63 % of the 13,055 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.46 | 10 | 4.57 |
| Housing mix | 0.75 | 5 | 3.75 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE CLAIR CHENE). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
| 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 | 1 | LE CLAIR CHENE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 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
Population 119 (2012) → 132 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 138 (1990) → 132 (2023): -4.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 72, of which 12.5 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Buzancy): 7.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Buzancy): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Buzancy): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Buzancy): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Beaumont-en-Argonne): 7.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BUZANCY_SAPC weather station, 7.4 km away at 199 m; the village itself is at 257 m. [10]
The village sits 58 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at DOUZY, 18.8 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. [10]
That station sits 104 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BUZANCY_SAPC, 7.4 km away at 199 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 — 08424/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08424/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08424/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08424/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 08089
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 08055
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dravegny | 02 | 102 km W | 134 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sylvain | 76 | 313 km W | 133 | 12.6 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Reynel | 52 | 136 km S | 129 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Velle-le-Châtel | 70 | 225 km S | 125 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Capelle | 59 | 132 km NW | 135 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cour-l'Évêque | 52 | 170 km S | 148 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dravegny | 02 | 102 km W | 134 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Capelle | 59 | 132 km NW | 135 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Reynel | 52 | 136 km S | 129 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cour-l'Évêque | 52 | 170 km S | 148 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Velle-le-Châtel | 70 | 225 km S | 125 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Sylvain | 76 | 313 km W | 133 | 12.6 | No daily shops | no figures |
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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 Sommauthe'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynel | 52 | 136 km S | 129 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Capelle | 59 | 132 km NW | 135 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monthenault | 02 | 95 km W | 140 | 22.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Écromagny | 70 | 222 km SE | 149 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Raray | 60 | 166 km W | 127 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courcy | 14 | 369 km W | 148 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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