Villers-Semeuse

Ardennes · CA Ardenne Métropole · INSEE 08480

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

Partly served 48.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villers-Semeuse (INSEE 08480) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 3,615 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/08480-villers-semeuse

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 6,121 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	0.31	25	7.68
Social	0.65	20	13.05
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.51	10	5.06
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'INSTANT GOURMAND · LES DELICES DE THOMAS · LEONIDAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MANGEONS FRAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · CORA). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (ARDEN'DRIVE · LA FRINGALE · AUX POULETS MARINES · PIZZERIA DU CHEVAL BLANC · BURGER KING). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (BOULEVARD CAFE · BAR LE CENTRE). ^[4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE CHARME · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PLATEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SEMEUSE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES LEROUX). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FREDERIC LAVINA, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN ROUGET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DESANLIS). ^[3]

2 × Post office / agence postale (VILLERS SEMEUSE CROIZAT AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VILLERS-SEMEUSE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER MARCHE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (FRANCK PROVOST). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (IBIS CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	L'INSTANT GOURMAND · LES DELICES DE THOMAS · LEONIDAS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MANGEONS FRAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	ALDI MARCHE · CORA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	ARDEN'DRIVE · LA FRINGALE · AUX POULETS MARINES · PIZZERIA DU CHEVAL BLANC · BURGER KING	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	BOULEVARD CAFE · BAR LE CENTRE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE CHARME · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PLATEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE SEMEUSE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JULES LEROUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	FREDERIC LAVINA, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN ROUGET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DESANLIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	VILLERS SEMEUSE CROIZAT AP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VILLERS-SEMEUSE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROGER MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	4	FRANCK PROVOST	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	IBIS CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 3,358 2023: 3,615 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,599 (2012) → 3,615 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,595 (1990) → 3,615 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,737, of which 0.5 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.1 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 (Villers-Semeuse): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villers-Semeuse): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villers-Semeuse): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villers-Semeuse): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villers-Semeuse): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 58.5

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MONTCY-ST-PIER weather station, 3.5 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CHARLEVILLE-MEZ, 8.7 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MEZIERES, 2.9 km away at 140 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 — 08480/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08480/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08480/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08480/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08480
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
Belleu	02	110 km W	3,659	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Serémange-Erzange	57	108 km SE	4,251	41.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Annay	62	156 km NW	4,571	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez	42	474 km S	4,699	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Dampmart	77	174 km SW	3,677	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Puiseux-en-France	95	180 km SW	3,765	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Serémange-Erzange	57	108 km SE	4,251	41.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Belleu	02	110 km W	3,659	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Annay	62	156 km NW	4,571	46	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Dampmart	77	174 km SW	3,677	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Puiseux-en-France	95	180 km SW	3,765	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-en-Jarez	42	474 km S	4,699	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Villers-Semeuse'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
Belleu	02	110 km W	3,659	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Seichamps	54	159 km SE	5,165	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Gravigny	27	271 km W	4,012	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chanteloup-en-Brie	77	176 km SW	4,130	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen	41	344 km SW	3,041	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Pompey	54	148 km SE	4,780	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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