Aÿ-Champagne

Marne · CC de la Grande Vallée de la Marne · INSEE 51030

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

Partly served 59.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aÿ-Champagne (INSEE 51030) is in Marne (51), part of CC de la Grande Vallée de la Marne. Population 5,103 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 2 former communes: Bisseuil (51064), Mareuil-sur-Ay (51347). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/51030-ay-champagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 4,602 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	0.53	25	13.13
Social	0.86	20	17.21
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.32	10	3.15
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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. ^[4,5]

7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX ARMES DE CHAMPAGNE · LE FOURNIL DE BISSEUIL · GP PRESTAPAT · C&J POCQUET). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARTUTERIE DE LA PLACE). ^[4,5]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE MARCHE D'AY · MARKET HIBA · PROXI). ^[4,5]

1 × Supermarket (E. LECLERC). ^[4]

9 × Restaurant (MAHE · VERITY & CO · PIZZ'AGEEN · AVARUM). ^[4,5]

7 × Café / bar (JAO'S BAR · CAFE DU MIDI · LE BAR DE LA MARINE). ^[5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'AY-CHAMPAGNE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE YVETTE LUNDY). ^[4]

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE LE GOLVET-GIRAUD, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE BERTAUD, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DOSSOT, MÉDECIN · TITINGA TIEMTORE-YOUMBI, MÉDECIN · LAURENT MORLET, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DEREGNAUCOURT ROUSSEAU · SELARL PHARMACIE AGEENNE). ^[4,5]

2 × Post office / agence postale (MAREUIL SUR AY RP · LA POSTE). ^[4]

4 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BISSEUIL · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MAREUIL SUR AŸ MAREUIL SUR AY · BIBLIOTHEQUE DE AŸ-CHAMPAGNE AŸ-CHAMPAGNE · COMMUNE NOUVELLE AŸ-CHAMPAGNE). ^[4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE CHARLES DE GAULLE · COLLEGE LES BLEUETS). ^[4]

4 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST · SNVB · CAISSE D'EPARGNE). ^[4]

8 × Hairdresser (FAMILY COIFF · ALEXANDRINE R · NEW STYLE · NATHALIE COIFFURE). ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4,5]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL CASTEL JEANSON). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	7	AUX ARMES DE CHAMPAGNE · LE FOURNIL DE BISSEUIL · GP PRESTAPAT · C&J POCQUET	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHARTUTERIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	LE MARCHE D'AY · MARKET HIBA · PROXI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Supermarket	1	E. LECLERC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	9	MAHE · VERITY & CO · PIZZ'AGEEN · AVARUM	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [4,5]
Café / bar	7	JAO'S BAR · CAFE DU MIDI · LE BAR DE LA MARINE	INSEE SIRENE 7 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'AY-CHAMPAGNE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE YVETTE LUNDY	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	ANNE LE GOLVET-GIRAUD, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE BERTAUD, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS DOSSOT, MÉDECIN · TITINGA TIEMTORE-YOUMBI, MÉDECIN · LAURENT MORLET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [4]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DEREGNAUCOURT ROUSSEAU · SELARL PHARMACIE AGEENNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	MAREUIL SUR AY RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	4	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BISSEUIL · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MAREUIL SUR AŸ MAREUIL SUR AY · BIBLIOTHEQUE DE AŸ-CHAMPAGNE AŸ-CHAMPAGNE · COMMUNE NOUVELLE AŸ-CHAMPAGNE	INSEE BPE 4 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE CHARLES DE GAULLE · COLLEGE LES BLEUETS	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	4	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST · SNVB · CAISSE D'EPARGNE	INSEE BPE 4 [4]
Hairdresser	8	FAMILY COIFF · ALEXANDRINE R · NEW STYLE · NATHALIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Hotel	1	HOTEL CASTEL JEANSON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 6,456 2023: 5,103 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,889 (2012) → 5,103 (2023): -13.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 6,258 (1990) → 5,103 (2023): -18.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,754, of which 3.2 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Aÿ-Champagne): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Aÿ-Champagne): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aÿ-Champagne): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aÿ-Champagne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Aÿ-Champagne): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 35.1

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHOUILLY weather station, 4.3 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 73 m. ^[10]

The village sits 99 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHOUILLY, 4.3 km away at 172 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 99 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 711 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DIZY, 3.3 km away at 92 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 — 51030/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51030/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51030/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51030/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51030
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
Saint-Sever	40	685 km SW	5,043	61.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 14 %
Maen Roch	35	400 km W	5,088	61.6	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villars-les-Dombes	01	348 km S	5,163	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Bitche	57	249 km E	4,966	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers	34	588 km S	4,979	58.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Villefranche-de-Lauragais	31	653 km S	5,072	69.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bitche	57	249 km E	4,966	56.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Villars-les-Dombes	01	348 km S	5,163	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Maen Roch	35	400 km W	5,088	61.6	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers	34	588 km S	4,979	58.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Villefranche-de-Lauragais	31	653 km S	5,072	69.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Sever	40	685 km SW	5,043	61.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 86 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Aÿ-Champagne'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
Amplepuis	69	343 km S	4,876	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Parigné-l'Évêque	72	295 km SW	5,358	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Laillé	35	438 km W	5,225	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Écommoy	72	307 km SW	4,868	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Souterraine	23	366 km SW	4,978	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Garnache	85	496 km SW	5,515	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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