Virey-sous-Bar

Aube · CC du Barséquanais en Champagne · INSEE 10437

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

Partly served 48/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Virey-sous-Bar (INSEE 10437) is in Aube (10), part of CC du Barséquanais en Champagne. Population 588 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/10437-virey-sous-bar

Vitality score

Vitality score 48/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 17,168 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.39	10	3.94
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE CHLOE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (BOX10TRI · SARL HELLIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE VIRETON). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIREY SOUS BAR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (POINT LECTURE VIREY SOUS BAR). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 DELICES DE CHLOE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	BOX10TRI · SARL HELLIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE VIRETON	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	VIREY SOUS BAR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT LECTURE VIREY SOUS BAR	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	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: 575 peak 1999: 660 2023: 588 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 632 (2012) → 588 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 658 (1990) → 588 (2023): -10.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 311, of which 1.6 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km NWPharmacy — 5.6 km SEGP — 5.8 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 (Virey-sous-Bar): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fouchères): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bar-sur-Seine): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bar-sur-Seine): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Virey-sous-Bar): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.9

Days at or below 0 °C 58.8

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTREUIL weather station, 8.6 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 142 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTREUIL, 8.6 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

An average of 868 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAR-SUR-SEINE, 5.6 km away at 150 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 — 10437/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10437/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10437/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10437/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10437
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10034
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
Grisy-les-Plâtres	95	199 km NW	709	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Canly	60	181 km NW	741	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Mairy-sur-Marne	51	83 km N	565	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Zellwiller	67	238 km E	808	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Torcy-le-Grand	76	293 km NW	788	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt	62	239 km N	632	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mairy-sur-Marne	51	83 km N	565	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Canly	60	181 km NW	741	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Grisy-les-Plâtres	95	199 km NW	709	55.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Zellwiller	67	238 km E	808	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt	62	239 km N	632	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Torcy-le-Grand	76	293 km NW	788	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 51 % · 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 Virey-sous-Bar'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
Mairy-sur-Marne	51	83 km N	565	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Courteranges	10	15 km N	594	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Comblanchien	21	125 km S	608	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Bèze	21	104 km SE	739	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Sivry-Courtry	77	122 km W	1,124	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Masmes	51	130 km N	550	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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