Viel-Saint-Remy

Ardennes · CC des Crêtes Préardennaises · INSEE 08472

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Viel-Saint-Remy (INSEE 08472) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Crêtes Préardennaises. Population 302 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,879 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.75	10	7.53
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 351 2023: 302 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 274 (2012) → 302 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 241 (1990) → 302 (2023): 25.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 157, of which 12.7 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km SBakery — 3.7 km NEGP — 5.8 km SPharmacy — 5.9 km S 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 (Launois-sur-Vence): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Faissault): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saulces-Monclin): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saulces-Monclin): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Viel-Saint-Remy): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 55.7

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LAUNOIS-SUR-VENCE_SAPC weather station, 5.3 km away at 218 m; the village itself is at 188 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 19.8 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 939 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LAUNOIS-SUR-VENCE_SAPC, 5.3 km away at 218 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08472/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08472/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08472/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08472/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08163
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08402
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08472
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
Écorpain	72	339 km SW	296	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Esperce	31	743 km S	296	23.7	Few services	no figures
Saint-Michel	31	765 km S	306	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Ganties	31	782 km S	302	19.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Le Faget	31	704 km S	297	15.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Martin-Curton	47	680 km SW	302	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Écorpain	72	339 km SW	296	17	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Curton	47	680 km SW	302	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Le Faget	31	704 km S	297	15.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Esperce	31	743 km S	296	23.7	Few services	no figures
Saint-Michel	31	765 km S	306	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Ganties	31	782 km S	302	19.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Viel-Saint-Remy'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
Saint-Laurent-des-Bois	41	299 km SW	330	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Archignat	03	394 km SW	321	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Mary	71	335 km S	281	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Écorcei	61	303 km W	367	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Charleville	51	109 km SW	262	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Quentin-la-Chabanne	23	454 km SW	362	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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