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Connantray-Vaurefroy

Marne · CC du Sud Marnais · INSEE 51164

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

No daily shops 15.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Connantray-Vaurefroy (INSEE 51164) is in Marne (51), part of CC du Sud Marnais. Population 130 (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/51164-connantray-vaurefroy

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 12,923 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.28102.83
Housing mix0.8754.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (SERIOJA). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
Restaurant1SERIOJAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 210 2023: 130 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 180 (2012) → 130 (2023): -27.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 166 (1990) → 130 (2023): -21.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 76, of which 6.6 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.6 km W (Fère-Champenoise)GP — 4.7 km N (Fère-Champenoise)Bakery — 5.3 km W (Fère-Champenoise)Primary school — 5.4 km W (Fère-Champenoise)Pharmacy — 5.4 km W (Fère-Champenoise)
Food shop — 4.6 km WGP — 4.7 km NBakery — 5.3 km WPrimary school — 5.4 km WPharmacy — 5.4 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 (Fère-Champenoise): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fère-Champenoise): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Fère-Champenoise): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Fère-Champenoise): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Fère-Champenoise): 5.4 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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the VATRY-AERO weather station, 8.2 km away at 179 m; the village itself is at 145 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at VATRY-AERO, 8.2 km away at 179 m, over 24 summers. [9]

An average of 679 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at VATRY-AERO, 8.2 km away at 179 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51164/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51164/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51164/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51164/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51248
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Meures5296 km SE13020Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Salon1013 km S12916.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Rhuis60118 km NW13424.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
La Rothière1058 km SE12518.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Greux88123 km E13017.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chassey-lès-Scey70188 km SE12121.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Salon1013 km S12916.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
La Rothière1058 km SE12518.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Meures5296 km SE13020Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Rhuis60118 km NW13424.3Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Greux88123 km E13017.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chassey-lès-Scey70188 km SE12121.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Connantray-Vaurefroy'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
La Rothière1058 km SE12518.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Greux88123 km E13017.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mulcent78177 km W12824.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Brennes52139 km SE12917.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Singly08110 km NE13917.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Hans5164 km NE12016.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %