Chichey

Marne · CC de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais · INSEE 51151

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

No daily shops 18.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chichey (INSEE 51151) is in Marne (51), part of CC de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais. Population 166 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 18.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 14,814 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.6	10	5.99
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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”.

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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

Type	Count	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 103 peak 2017: 175 2023: 166 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 167 (2012) → 166 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 151 (1990) → 166 (2023): 9.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 81, of which 2.5 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 3.2 km EGP — 3.6 km NWBakery — 4.2 km NWPharmacy — 4.6 km NW 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 (Sézanne): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chichey): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sézanne): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sézanne): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gaye): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.5

Days at or below 0 °C 44.6

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ESTERNAY weather station, 14.5 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 103 m. ^[11]

The village sits 82 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ESTERNAY, 14.5 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 82 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SEZANNE, 3.4 km away at 120 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 — 51151/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51151/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51151/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51151/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51535
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51151
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51265
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
Villers-Tournelle	80	143 km NW	160	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 %
Baudrecourt	57	199 km E	173	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Blandin	38	380 km S	158	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Sachy	08	148 km NE	175	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Oueilloux	65	673 km SW	148	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Chaînée-des-Coupis	39	233 km SE	183	22.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villers-Tournelle	80	143 km NW	160	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 %
Sachy	08	148 km NE	175	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Baudrecourt	57	199 km E	173	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Chaînée-des-Coupis	39	233 km SE	183	22.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Blandin	38	380 km S	158	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Oueilloux	65	673 km SW	148	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Chichey'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
Viel-Arcy	02	78 km N	166	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pré-Saint-Martin	28	176 km W	174	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Ablancourt	51	58 km E	168	11.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bagneux	54	157 km E	127	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Tourly	60	145 km NW	161	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Demie	70	217 km SE	161	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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