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Cernay-lès-Reims

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51105

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

Partly served 49.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cernay-lès-Reims (INSEE 51105) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 1,624 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/51105-cernay-les-reims

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 11,054 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.782015.54
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.91109.1
Housing mix0.9954.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 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]

3 × Restaurant (L'ERMITAGE DE CERNAY · CHEZ VINCENT). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (L'ART DE VIVRE). [4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NATACHA RONCIN-BEHRA, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE CERNAY LES REIMS). [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA MARELLLE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (LA BULLE DE TENNIS). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (EURL LEDERNEZ). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant3L'ERMITAGE DE CERNAY · CHEZ VINCENTINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar3L'ART DE VIVREINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1NATACHA RONCIN-BEHRA, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1SELARL PHARMACIE DE CERNAY LES REIMSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA MARELLLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1LA BULLE DE TENNISINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1EURL LEDERNEZINSEE 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: 947 2023: 1,624 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,279 (2012) → 1,624 (2023): 27 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,152 (1990) → 1,624 (2023): 41 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 684, of which 0.6 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.5 km W (Cernay-lès-Reims)Food shop — 2.2 km N (Witry-lès-Reims)
In the commune Bakery, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km WFood shop — 2.2 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 (Cernay-lès-Reims): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Witry-lès-Reims): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Cernay-lès-Reims): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Cernay-lès-Reims): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Cernay-lès-Reims): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the REIMS-VILLE weather station, 4.3 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 132 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at REIMS-COURCY, 6.1 km away at 91 m, over 17 summers. [10]

An average of 647 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at REIMS-VILLE, 4.3 km away at 99 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 — 51105/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51105/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51105/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51105/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51105
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51662
  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
Ménétrol63384 km S1,64055.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines62146 km NW1,61638Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Anstaing59163 km NW1,63141.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Nommay25279 km SE1,59636.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Fleurieu-sur-Saône69382 km S1,59747.1Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Vœuil-et-Giget16505 km SW1,59136.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tilloy-lès-Mofflaines62146 km NW1,61638Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Anstaing59163 km NW1,63141.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Nommay25279 km SE1,59636.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Fleurieu-sur-Saône69382 km S1,59747.1Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Ménétrol63384 km S1,64055.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Vœuil-et-Giget16505 km SW1,59136.9Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Cernay-lès-Reims'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
Flavigny-sur-Moselle54171 km SE1,66144.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Rozérieulles57145 km E1,33450Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Beure25268 km SE1,30548.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Igoville27214 km W1,68942.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chauriat63396 km S1,80538.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bainville-sur-Madon54164 km SE1,44137.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %