Fontaine

Aube · CC de la Région de Bar sur Aube · INSEE 10150

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

No daily shops 16.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontaine (INSEE 10150) is in Aube (10), part of CC de la Région de Bar sur Aube. Population 246 (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 16.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 17,149 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.35	10	3.54
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (AU PETIT BONHEUR DE FONTAINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	1	AU PETIT BONHEUR DE FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 271 peak 1982: 314 2023: 246 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 279 (2012) → 246 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 288 (1990) → 246 (2023): -14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 142, of which 4.9 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.5 km NBakery — 2.1 km NPrimary school — 2.2 km NPharmacy — 2.2 km NGP — 2.6 km NW 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 (Bar-sur-Aube): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bar-sur-Aube): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bar-sur-Aube): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bar-sur-Aube): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bar-sur-Aube): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.7

Days at or below 0 °C 57.6

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the AILLEVILLE_SAPC weather station, 5 km away at 195 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at AILLEVILLE_SAPC, 5 km away at 195 m, over 19 summers. ^[9]

An average of 851 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at AILLEVILLE_SAPC, 5 km away at 195 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 — 10150/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10150/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10150/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10150/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10033
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
Cliponville	76	338 km NW	245	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Condamine	39	182 km S	243	22.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Aire	08	147 km N	251	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Ménil-sur-Saulx	55	59 km NE	243	20	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Neuilly-en-Vexin	95	227 km NW	240	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Montflours	53	404 km W	247	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ménil-sur-Saulx	55	59 km NE	243	20	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Aire	08	147 km N	251	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Condamine	39	182 km S	243	22.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Neuilly-en-Vexin	95	227 km NW	240	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Cliponville	76	338 km NW	245	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Montflours	53	404 km W	247	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Fontaine'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
Celles-sur-Aisne	02	160 km NW	248	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-d'Aunainville	28	216 km W	239	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Auvet-et-la-Chapelotte	70	99 km SE	237	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Palante	70	152 km SE	242	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Fresnoy-le-Château	10	37 km W	269	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mézières-en-Gâtinais	45	167 km W	261	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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