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Chamery

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51112

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

No daily shops 13.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chamery (INSEE 51112) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 464 (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/51112-chamery

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 17,938 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 trend0.71107.11
Housing mix0.9154.56

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 0 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”.

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DANS LES VIGNES). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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]
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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1HOTEL DANS LES VIGNESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 362 2023: 464 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 384 (2012) → 464 (2023): 20.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 383 (1990) → 464 (2023): 21.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 4.4 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.2 km N (Écueil)Bakery — 4.1 km E (Villers-Allerand)GP — 4.6 km E (Villers-Allerand)Food shop — 5.5 km NE (Champfleury)Pharmacy — 5.5 km N (Pargny-lès-Reims)
Primary school — 2.2 km NBakery — 4.1 km EGP — 4.6 km EFood shop — 5.5 km NEPharmacy — 5.5 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 (Villers-Allerand): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Champfleury): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Villers-Allerand): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pargny-lès-Reims): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Écueil): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). [11]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the GERMAINE-CIVC weather station, 7.8 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 152 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at CHAMBRECY-CIVC, 9.6 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. [12]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at GERMAINE-CIVC, 7.8 km away at 172 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51112/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51112/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51112/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51112/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51629
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51115
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51422
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51225
  12. 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
Saint-Cyr-la-Rivière91161 km SW46613.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Troussey55138 km E46716.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 97 %
Bois-de-la-Pierre31683 km S47017.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %
Hottot-les-Bagues14335 km W45212.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Condé-sur-Ifs14298 km W45413.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Irreville27200 km W47417.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Troussey55138 km E46716.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Cyr-la-Rivière91161 km SW46613.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Irreville27200 km W47417.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Condé-sur-Ifs14298 km W45413.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Hottot-les-Bagues14335 km W45212.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-de-la-Pierre31683 km S47017.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 54 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Chamery'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
Courville5122 km NW44814.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Housseras88224 km SE48513.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sissy0280 km NW50511.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Servigny-lès-Raville57182 km E47616No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe57169 km E46212.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lihus60147 km W42314.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %