Villers-devant-le-Thour

Ardennes · CC du Pays Rethélois · INSEE 08476

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

Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villers-devant-le-Thour (INSEE 08476) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC du Pays Rethélois. Population 414 (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 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,984 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.77	10	7.74
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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”.

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FUMAISON VILLERSTHOUROISES). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	1	FUMAISON VILLERSTHOUROISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 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: 369 peak 2017: 419 2023: 414 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 402 (2012) → 414 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 325 (1990) → 414 (2023): 27.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 2.2 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 0.8 km EPrimary school — 3.3 km EBakery — 3.7 km EGP — 3.7 km EPharmacy — 3.8 km E 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): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villers-devant-le-Thour): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Germainmont): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germainmont): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Germainmont): 3.3 km to the 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. ^[10]

Measured at the BANOGNE-RECOUVRANCE weather station, 7.9 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[10]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BANOGNE-RECOUVRANCE, 7.9 km away at 130 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 — 08476/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08476/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08476/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08476/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
Sorans-lès-Breurey	70	276 km SE	419	25.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Havernas	80	145 km NW	378	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 69 %
Bousignies-sur-Roc	59	84 km N	369	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Dommartin-aux-Bois	88	220 km SE	411	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Azelot	54	187 km SE	411	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Issancourt-et-Rumel	08	60 km NE	406	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Issancourt-et-Rumel	08	60 km NE	406	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 96 %
Bousignies-sur-Roc	59	84 km N	369	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Havernas	80	145 km NW	378	20.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 69 %
Azelot	54	187 km SE	411	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Dommartin-aux-Bois	88	220 km SE	411	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Sorans-lès-Breurey	70	276 km SE	419	25.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %

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