Dontrien

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51216

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

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dontrien (INSEE 51216) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 261 (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 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 17,386 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.96	10	9.58
Housing mix	1	5	5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (EURL GASSON). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (POLE SCOLAIRE PRIMAIRE DES DEUX RIVES). ^[3]

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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	EURL GASSON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	POLE SCOLAIRE PRIMAIRE DES DEUX RIVES	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 248 peak 2017: 272 2023: 261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 201 (2012) → 261 (2023): 29.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 179 (1990) → 261 (2023): 45.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 122, of which 0 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 6.4 km NWBakery — 6.6 km NWFood shop — 6.8 km NWPharmacy — 9.3 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 (Bétheniville): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bétheniville): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bétheniville): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers): 9.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Dontrien): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 67.8

Muggy days a summer 1

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MOURMELON weather station, 10 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 108 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MOURMELON-GRAND, 15.2 km away at 115 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 621 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PONTFAVERGER-MA, 9.1 km away at 100 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 — 51216/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51216/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51216/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51216/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51440
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51216
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
Le Plessis-aux-Bois	77	122 km W	261	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Vellescot	90	267 km SE	257	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mesgrigny	10	92 km SW	255	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Bonnay	80	157 km NW	247	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Wacquinghen	62	261 km NW	259	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Han-sur-Nied	57	150 km E	249	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mesgrigny	10	92 km SW	255	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Le Plessis-aux-Bois	77	122 km W	261	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Han-sur-Nied	57	150 km E	249	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnay	80	157 km NW	247	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Wacquinghen	62	261 km NW	259	30.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Vellescot	90	267 km SE	257	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Dontrien'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
Vellescot	90	267 km SE	257	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Han-sur-Nied	57	150 km E	249	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Perrouse	70	242 km SE	277	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Denis-Nuisy	51	86 km SW	237	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Stoncourt	57	148 km E	225	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Villemereuil	10	118 km S	236	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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