Barbonne-Fayel

Marne · CC de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais · INSEE 51036

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

Few services 32.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Barbonne-Fayel (INSEE 51036) is in Marne (51), part of CC de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais. Population 482 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,875 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.41	10	4.06
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.35

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PTIPATON). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BARBONNE FAYEL AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CT'TIFS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		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	1	PTIPATON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	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	BARBONNE FAYEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	CT'TIFS	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: 627 2023: 482 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 494 (2012) → 482 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 532 (1990) → 482 (2023): -9.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 340, of which 6.5 % second homes and 29.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.7 km NEGP — 6.7 km NPharmacy — 7.3 km N 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 (Barbonne-Fayel): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chichey): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sézanne): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sézanne): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Barbonne-Fayel): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.3

Days at or below 0 °C 61.4

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ESTERNAY-MAN weather station, 12.5 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[11]

The village sits 64 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ESTERNAY, 12.6 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 74 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SEZANNE, 7.2 km away at 120 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 — 51036/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51036/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51036/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51036/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51036
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51151
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51535
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
Nantilly	70	191 km SE	443	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Narcy	58	165 km S	464	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Meilleray	77	25 km NW	504	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Beuvrequen	62	279 km NW	458	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Solterre	45	109 km SW	466	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde	24	484 km SW	536	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Meilleray	77	25 km NW	504	36.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Solterre	45	109 km SW	466	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Narcy	58	165 km S	464	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Nantilly	70	191 km SE	443	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Beuvrequen	62	279 km NW	458	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Capraise-de-Lalinde	24	484 km SW	536	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Barbonne-Fayel'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
Narcy	58	165 km S	464	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Solterre	45	109 km SW	466	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Gevingey	39	263 km SE	442	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Belles-Fontaines	70	247 km SE	600	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Puligny-Montrachet	21	206 km SE	340	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bouville	91	108 km W	669	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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