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Plancy-l'Abbaye

Aube · CC Seine et Aube · INSEE 10289

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

Partly served 43/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Plancy-l'Abbaye (INSEE 10289) is in Aube (10), part of CC Seine et Aube. Population 960 (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/10289-plancy-l-abbaye

Vitality score

Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 14,594 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0.63106.32
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.5105.03
Housing mix0.8354.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE PLANCY). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ LES FILLES). [3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN FONDAIRE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE HENTZIEN). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PLANCY L ABBAYE AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LECTURE POUR TOUS PLANCY L'ABBAYE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (SYMPA'TIF). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE FOURNIL DE PLANCYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1CHEZ LES FILLESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GROUPE STENDHALINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1JEAN FONDAIRE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1SELARL PHARMACIE HENTZIENINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1PLANCY L ABBAYE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE LECTURE POUR TOUS PLANCY L'ABBAYEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1SYMPA'TIFINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 922 peak 2017: 973 2023: 960 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 947 (2012) → 960 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 957 (1990) → 960 (2023): 0.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 558, of which 8.4 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 0.6 km NW (Plancy-l'Abbaye)Food shop — 8.4 km SW (Méry-sur-Seine)
In the commune Bakery, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.6 km NWFood shop — 8.4 km SW 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 (Plancy-l'Abbaye): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Méry-sur-Seine): 8.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Plancy-l'Abbaye): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Plancy-l'Abbaye): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Plancy-l'Abbaye): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CHAMPFLEURY weather station, 8.2 km away at 118 m; the village itself is at 83 m. [10]

An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CHAMPFLEURY, 8.2 km away at 118 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10289/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10289/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10289/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10289/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 10289
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 10233
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villefranche-de-Lonchat24501 km SW99851Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Flavignac87386 km SW1,05837.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Latour-de-France66653 km S1,04334.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 18 %
Cologne32586 km SW94759.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 76 %
Champagnac-de-Belair24432 km SW76745.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 43 %
Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois72275 km W1,00339.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois72275 km W1,00339.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Flavignac87386 km SW1,05837.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Champagnac-de-Belair24432 km SW76745.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 43 %
Villefranche-de-Lonchat24501 km SW99851Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Cologne32586 km SW94759.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 76 %
Latour-de-France66653 km S1,04334.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 18 %

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