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Auve

Marne · CC de l'Argonne Champenoise · INSEE 51027

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

Few services 25.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Auve (INSEE 51027) is in Marne (51), part of CC de l'Argonne Champenoise. Population 314 (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/51027-auve

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,926 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.87108.71
Housing mix0.9754.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE AUVE). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE AUVEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 285 2023: 314 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 262 (2012) → 314 (2023): 19.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 229 (1990) → 314 (2023): 37.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 141, of which 1.4 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 0.5 km NE (Auve)Bakery — 10.5 km NE (Dommartin-Dampierre)GP — 13.7 km W (Courtisols)Food shop — 14.1 km W (Courtisols)Pharmacy — 14.8 km W (Courtisols)
Primary school — 0.5 km NEBakery — 10.5 km NEGP — 13.7 km WFood shop — 14.1 km WPharmacy — 14.8 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 (Dommartin-Dampierre): 10.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Courtisols): 14.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Courtisols): 13.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Courtisols): 14.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Auve): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SOMME-VESLE weather station, 8.2 km away at 162 m; the village itself is at 158 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ARGERS, 11.9 km away at 152 m, over 22 summers. [11]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SOMME-VESLE, 8.2 km away at 162 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51027/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51027/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51027/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51027/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51211
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51193
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51027
  11. 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
Loisy54104 km E32219.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Terramesnil80205 km NW32324.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Courlandon5176 km NW30226.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bacquepuis27266 km W30721.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cachy80184 km NW30026.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Baudricourt88128 km SE32721.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Courlandon5176 km NW30226.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Loisy54104 km E32219.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Baudricourt88128 km SE32721.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cachy80184 km NW30026.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Terramesnil80205 km NW32324.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Bacquepuis27266 km W30721.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Auve'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Courlandon5176 km NW30226.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bacquepuis27266 km W30721.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Baudricourt88128 km SE32721.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Niedersoultzbach67203 km E29923.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Andrezel77146 km W33620Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Juvigny02110 km NW28821Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %