Payns

Aube · CA Troyes Champagne Métropole · INSEE 10282

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

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Payns (INSEE 10282) is in Aube (10), part of CA Troyes Champagne Métropole. Population 1,394 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/10282-payns

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 12,132 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX PAYNS GOURMANDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PAYNS RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE ET DE SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX PAYNS GOURMANDS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	PAYNS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE PAYNS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE ET DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / 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: 912 2023: 1,394 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,303 (2012) → 1,394 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 867 (1990) → 1,394 (2023): 60.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 586, of which 0.9 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 1.8 km SEGP — 2.9 km SEPharmacy — 2.9 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 (Payns): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Lyé): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Lyé): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Lyé): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Payns): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 59.2

Muggy days a summer 1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TROYES-BARBEREY weather station, 7.3 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at TROYES-BARBEREY, 7.3 km away at 112 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 647 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TROYES-BARBEREY, 7.3 km away at 112 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 — 10282/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10282/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10282/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10282/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10282
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10349
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
Crévic	54	181 km E	935	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mazières-en-Mauges	49	388 km W	1,240	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-la-Comptal	11	589 km S	1,448	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Nointel	60	155 km NW	1,170	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bazemont	78	167 km W	1,727	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Artigueloutan	64	655 km SW	1,105	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nointel	60	155 km NW	1,170	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bazemont	78	167 km W	1,727	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Crévic	54	181 km E	935	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mazières-en-Mauges	49	388 km W	1,240	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-la-Comptal	11	589 km S	1,448	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Artigueloutan	64	655 km SW	1,105	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Payns'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
Crévic	54	181 km E	935	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bazemont	78	167 km W	1,727	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fragnes-La Loyère	71	184 km S	1,411	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Penchard	77	106 km NW	1,373	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Bergholtz	68	248 km E	1,039	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Méréville	54	162 km E	1,288	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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