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Écriennes

Marne · CC Perthois-Bocage et Der · INSEE 51224

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

No daily shops 19.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Écriennes (INSEE 51224) is in Marne (51), part of CC Perthois-Bocage et Der. Population 165 (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/51224-ecriennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 14,807 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 trend0.59105.93
Housing mix0.8454.2

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 (PIZZA COS). [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]
Restaurant1PIZZA COSINSEE 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 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: 136 peak 2012: 175 2023: 165 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 175 (2012) → 165 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 151 (1990) → 165 (2023): 9.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 87, of which 8 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.6 km NW (Vauclerc)Pharmacy — 3.3 km E (Thiéblemont-Farémont)Bakery — 4.6 km NE (Favresse)GP — 5.3 km NW (Marolles)Food shop — 7.1 km NW (Vitry-le-François)
Primary school — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 3.3 km EBakery — 4.6 km NEGP — 5.3 km NWFood shop — 7.1 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 (Favresse): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vitry-le-François): 7.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Marolles): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Thiéblemont-Farémont): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Vauclerc): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [12]

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the FRIGNICOURT weather station, 5.1 km away at 113 m; the village itself is at 121 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at FRIGNICOURT, 5.1 km away at 113 m, over 30 summers. [13]

An average of 710 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at FRIGNICOURT, 5.1 km away at 113 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 147,200 € — 875 € per m² of built surface. [14]

The median across Marne is 1,798 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [14]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51224/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51224/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51224/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51224/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51246
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51649
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51352
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51567
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51598
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Dampjoux25215 km SE16223.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Noidant-le-Rocheux52105 km SE16821.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Curtil-Vergy21170 km S16324Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sauville8897 km SE16816.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Guevenatten68210 km SE16624.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Écluzelles28239 km W16220.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sauville8897 km SE16816.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Noidant-le-Rocheux52105 km SE16821.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Curtil-Vergy21170 km S16324Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Guevenatten68210 km SE16624.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Dampjoux25215 km SE16223.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Écluzelles28239 km W16220.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Écriennes'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
Curtil-Vergy21170 km S16324Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Écluzelles28239 km W16220.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Guiry-en-Vexin95212 km W16118.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Massingy-lès-Semur21133 km S15121.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Polisy1074 km S17616.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Thieffrain1058 km S15720Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %