Wasigny

Ardennes · CC des Crêtes Préardennaises · INSEE 08499

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

No daily shops 14.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Wasigny (INSEE 08499) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC des Crêtes Préardennaises. Population 262 (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 14.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 17,443 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	0.29	10	2.92
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.43

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 PRIMAIRE 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 PRIMAIRE 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: 494 2023: 262 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 374 (2012) → 262 (2023): -29.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 331 (1990) → 262 (2023): -20.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 197, of which 15.7 % second homes and 23.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.0 km SEGP — 7.9 km WPharmacy — 7.9 km WFood shop — 8.8 km NE 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 (Novion-Porcien): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Signy-l'Abbaye): 8.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chaumont-Porcien): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chaumont-Porcien): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Wasigny): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.2

Days at or below 0 °C 67.5

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SIGNY-L'ABBAYE weather station, 7.7 km away at 180 m; the village itself is at 117 m. ^[12]

The village sits 63 m below 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. ^[12]

An average of 1,037 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA ROMAGNE, 5.7 km away at 175 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 — 08499/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08499/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08499/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08499/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08419
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08113
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08499
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
Villechétive	89	182 km S	260	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Bazoches-en-Dunois	28	265 km SW	263	18.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 76 %
Loubens	09	763 km S	267	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 68 %
Nubécourt	55	92 km SE	253	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Wambercourt	62	189 km NW	259	22.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 72 %
Guerbigny	80	122 km W	275	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nubécourt	55	92 km SE	253	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Guerbigny	80	122 km W	275	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 70 %
Villechétive	89	182 km S	260	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Wambercourt	62	189 km NW	259	22.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 72 %
Bazoches-en-Dunois	28	265 km SW	263	18.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 76 %
Loubens	09	763 km S	267	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 68 %

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