Cheminon

Marne · CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées · INSEE 51144

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

No daily shops 18.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cheminon (INSEE 51144) is in Marne (51), part of CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées. Population 578 (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/51144-cheminon

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 17,272 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.32	10	3.18
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHEMINON AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHEMINON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 705 peak 1982: 736 2023: 578 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 625 (2012) → 578 (2023): -7.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 707 (1990) → 578 (2023): -18.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 325, of which 2.2 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.4 km NFood shop — 5.4 km NWGP — 5.4 km NWPharmacy — 5.7 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 (Sermaize-les-Bains): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pargny-sur-Saulx): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pargny-sur-Saulx): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sermaize-les-Bains): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cheminon): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.7

Days at or below 0 °C 60.9

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TROIS-FONTAINES weather station, 4.1 km away at 204 m; the village itself is at 157 m. ^[11]

An average of 981 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TROIS-FONTAINES, 4.1 km away at 204 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51144/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51144/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51144/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51144/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51531
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51423
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51144
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
Saint-Simon	02	168 km NW	593	19.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Neuve-Maison	02	147 km NW	602	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 93 %
Faverolles-et-Coëmy	51	98 km NW	601	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Val-des-Marais	51	70 km W	549	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Granges-sur-Lot	47	591 km SW	590	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Cricq-Chalosse	40	710 km SW	614	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val-des-Marais	51	70 km W	549	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Faverolles-et-Coëmy	51	98 km NW	601	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Neuve-Maison	02	147 km NW	602	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Simon	02	168 km NW	593	19.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Granges-sur-Lot	47	591 km SW	590	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Cricq-Chalosse	40	710 km SW	614	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 57 %

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