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Chantemerle

Marne · CC de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais · INSEE 51124

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

No daily shops 9.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chantemerle (INSEE 51124) is in Marne (51), part of CC de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais. Population 48 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/51124-chantemerle

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 4,535 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 trend0.52105.21
Housing mix0.5552.74

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 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]

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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 51 peak 2007: 58 2023: 48 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 52 (2012) → 48 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 47 (1990) → 48 (2023): 2.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 31, of which 22.6 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.6 km NE (Fontaine-Denis-Nuisy)Bakery — 5.6 km NE (Barbonne-Fayel)GP — 7.3 km SE (Marcilly-sur-Seine)Food shop — 8.0 km SW (Villenauxe-la-Grande)Pharmacy — 8.1 km W (Villenauxe-la-Grande)
Primary school — 2.6 km NEBakery — 5.6 km NEGP — 7.3 km SEFood shop — 8.0 km SWPharmacy — 8.1 km W 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): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Villenauxe-la-Grande): 8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Marcilly-sur-Seine): 7.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Villenauxe-la-Grande): 8.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Fontaine-Denis-Nuisy): 2.6 km to the north-east (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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the ESTERNAY-MAN weather station, 15.2 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 180 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at ESTERNAY, 15.5 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ANGLURE, 12.1 km away at 77 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 — 51124/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51124/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51124/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51124/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51036
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 10420
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51343
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51254
  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
Grandecourt70196 km SE4711.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Cierges-sous-Montfaucon55130 km NE475.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Fignévelle88180 km E506.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus5199 km NE466.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Pater70226 km SE4615No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Courtète11621 km S507.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 26 % · humidity 14 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus5199 km NE466.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cierges-sous-Montfaucon55130 km NE475.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Fignévelle88180 km E506.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Grandecourt70196 km SE4711.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Villers-Pater70226 km SE4615No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Courtète11621 km S507.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 26 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Chantemerle'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
Villers-Pater70226 km SE4615No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Fête21171 km S519.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Posanges21148 km SE518.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chacenay1085 km SE526.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-le-Sec58139 km S4710.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Basse-Vaivre70192 km E497.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %