Vanlay

Aube · CC du Chaourçois et du Val d'Armance · INSEE 10395

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

Few services 28.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vanlay (INSEE 10395) is in Aube (10), part of CC du Chaourçois et du Val d'Armance. Population 284 (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/10395-vanlay

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,708 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.48	10	4.79
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA BONNE FRANQUETTE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LAURENCE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	LA BONNE FRANQUETTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	VANLAY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE VANLAY	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LAURENCE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 355 2023: 284 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 316 (2012) → 284 (2023): -10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 290 (1990) → 284 (2023): -2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 187, of which 13.4 % second homes and 15 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 7.1 km WBakery — 7.9 km SPharmacy — 7.9 km WGP — 8.0 km W 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 (Coussegrey): 7.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ervy-le-Châtel): 7.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ervy-le-Châtel): 8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ervy-le-Châtel): 7.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vanlay): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.4

Days at or below 0 °C 67.2

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 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHESSY-LES-PRES_SAPC weather station, 7.5 km away at 119 m; the village itself is at 141 m. ^[11]

An average of 839 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CUSSANGY, 6.8 km away at 220 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 — 10395/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10395/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10395/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10395/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10112
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10395
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
Bleurville	88	145 km E	281	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 80 %
Ingrandes	36	280 km SW	294	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Chamesson	21	47 km SE	248	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Riverie	69	273 km S	293	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Moulins-sur-Céphons	36	217 km SW	277	16.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Bugarach	11	587 km S	250	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 46 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chamesson	21	47 km SE	248	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Bleurville	88	145 km E	281	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 80 %
Moulins-sur-Céphons	36	217 km SW	277	16.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Riverie	69	273 km S	293	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Ingrandes	36	280 km SW	294	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 62 %
Bugarach	11	587 km S	250	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 46 %

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