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Bignicourt-sur-Marne

Marne · CC de Vitry, Champagne et Der · INSEE 51059

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bignicourt-sur-Marne (INSEE 51059) is in Marne (51), part of CC de Vitry, Champagne et Der. Population 381 (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/51059-bignicourt-sur-marne

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 18,018 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.5105
Housing mix0.9954.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1KATIA COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 232 peak 2007: 409 2023: 381 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 357 (2012) → 381 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 381 (1990) → 381 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 183, of which 0.5 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.5 km NE (Luxémont-et-Villotte)GP — 3.1 km NW (Frignicourt)Pharmacy — 3.5 km NW (Frignicourt)Food shop — 3.6 km NW (Frignicourt)Bakery — 3.7 km NW (Frignicourt)
Primary school — 2.5 km NEGP — 3.1 km NWPharmacy — 3.5 km NWFood shop — 3.6 km NWBakery — 3.7 km NW 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 (Frignicourt): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Frignicourt): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Frignicourt): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Frignicourt): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Luxémont-et-Villotte): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the FRIGNICOURT weather station, 2.3 km away at 113 m; the village itself is at 106 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at FRIGNICOURT, 2.3 km away at 113 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 710 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at FRIGNICOURT, 2.3 km away at 113 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51059/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51059/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51059/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51059/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51262
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51334
  10. 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
Baudonvilliers5530 km E3779.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ormersviller57205 km E38514.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Clairy-Saulchoix80220 km NW37612.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Geiswiller-Zœbersdorf67212 km E38314.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Guignecourt60202 km NW38512.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Trémoins70199 km SE38514.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Baudonvilliers5530 km E3779.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Trémoins70199 km SE38514.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
Guignecourt60202 km NW38512.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ormersviller57205 km E38514.7No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Geiswiller-Zœbersdorf67212 km E38314.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Clairy-Saulchoix80220 km NW37612.2No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Bignicourt-sur-Marne'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
Baudonvilliers5530 km E3779.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Geiswiller-Zœbersdorf67212 km E38314.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Westhouse-Marmoutier67209 km E37217.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Margival02122 km NW37713.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Mauchamps91179 km W38717.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Courbesseaux54131 km E39717.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %