Wadelincourt

Ardennes · CA Ardenne Métropole · INSEE 08494

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

No daily shops 15.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wadelincourt (INSEE 08494) is in Ardennes (08), part of CA Ardenne Métropole. Population 447 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/08494-wadelincourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 17,931 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	5	0
Population trend	0.34	10	3.45
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (L AUTHENTIQUE CHARCUTIER). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ITINER ' HAIR DE NOEMIE). ^[3,4]

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

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, 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)	1	L AUTHENTIQUE CHARCUTIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	1	L'ITINER ' HAIR DE NOEMIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 479 peak 2007: 540 2023: 447 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 519 (2012) → 447 (2023): -13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 529 (1990) → 447 (2023): -15.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 237, of which 1.7 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 0.8 km NPharmacy — 1.2 km NGP — 1.3 km NBakery — 1.5 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 (Balan): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Wadelincourt): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sedan): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sedan): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sedan): 0.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11

Days at or below 0 °C 68.7

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DOUZY weather station, 7.8 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 156 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DOUZY, 7.8 km away at 153 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 871 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DOUZY, 7.8 km away at 153 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08494/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08494/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08494/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08494/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08494
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08409
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
Saint-Pierre-du-Bû	14	385 km W	436	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnac	16	587 km SW	404	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Fals	47	701 km SW	403	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Molay	39	299 km S	505	17.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vicq	78	245 km W	389	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Souligny	10	179 km SW	381	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Souligny	10	179 km SW	381	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vicq	78	245 km W	389	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Molay	39	299 km S	505	17.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Bû	14	385 km W	436	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnac	16	587 km SW	404	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 %
Fals	47	701 km SW	403	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Wadelincourt'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
Daigny	08	4.2 km NE	358	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Messon	10	175 km SW	465	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Damouzy	08	23 km NW	423	11.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe	57	114 km SE	462	12.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnois-la-Montagne	54	55 km E	415	12.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Servigny-lès-Raville	57	129 km SE	476	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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