Caurel

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51101

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

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Caurel (INSEE 51101) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 693 (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/51101-caurel

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 16,411 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	25	0
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	0.7	10	7.03
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CAUREL). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CAUREL	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	1	FLO COIFFURE	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: 328 2023: 693 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 633 (2012) → 693 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 576 (1990) → 693 (2023): 20.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 290, of which 0.3 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km SWFood shop — 2.7 km SWGP — 2.8 km SWPharmacy — 2.8 km SW 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 (Witry-lès-Reims): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Witry-lès-Reims): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Witry-lès-Reims): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Witry-lès-Reims): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Caurel): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.6

Days at or below 0 °C 60.2

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the REIMS-COURCY weather station, 7.4 km away at 91 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at REIMS-COURCY, 7.4 km away at 91 m, over 17 summers. ^[10]

An average of 628 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at REIMS-COURCY, 7.4 km away at 91 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 — 51101/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51101/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51101/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51101/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51662
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51101
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
Monchy-le-Preux	62	140 km NW	679	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Brancourt-en-Laonnois	02	58 km NW	702	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chalain-d'Uzore	42	404 km S	696	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Audincthun	62	203 km NW	684	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Barges	21	242 km S	652	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Moussey	10	121 km S	656	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brancourt-en-Laonnois	02	58 km NW	702	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Moussey	10	121 km S	656	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Monchy-le-Preux	62	140 km NW	679	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Audincthun	62	203 km NW	684	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Barges	21	242 km S	652	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Chalain-d'Uzore	42	404 km S	696	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 70 % · 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 Caurel'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
Brancourt-en-Laonnois	02	58 km NW	702	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gentelles	80	136 km NW	627	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Crugny	51	30 km W	675	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rosoy	60	120 km W	622	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Juvincourt-et-Damary	02	25 km NW	604	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fiennes	62	237 km NW	850	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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