Époye

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51232

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

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Époye (INSEE 51232) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 416 (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 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 17,966 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.46
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

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 (AU SOLEIL D'OR). ^[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

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	AU SOLEIL D'OR	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)	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: 265 peak 2012: 446 2023: 416 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 446 (2012) → 416 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 363 (1990) → 416 (2023): 14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 177, of which 1.7 % second homes and 1.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 3.0 km NEPrimary school — 3.2 km NEFood shop — 5.1 km SGP — 5.3 km EPharmacy — 5.9 km E 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 (Saint-Masmes): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beine-Nauroy): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Masmes): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.8

Days at or below 0 °C 57.3

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the REIMS-PRUNAY weather station, 10.8 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at REIMS-PRUNAY, 10.8 km away at 95 m, over 13 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, 5.8 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 — 51232/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51232/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51232/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51232/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51505
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51440
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
Bouconvillers	60	170 km W	423	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sandarville	28	236 km SW	423	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Goviller	54	157 km SE	418	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Hugleville-en-Caux	76	238 km W	406	23	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Bouillancy	60	98 km W	429	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Allaines	80	119 km NW	419	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bouillancy	60	98 km W	429	21.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Allaines	80	119 km NW	419	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Goviller	54	157 km SE	418	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bouconvillers	60	170 km W	423	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sandarville	28	236 km SW	423	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hugleville-en-Caux	76	238 km W	406	23	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · 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 Époye'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
Bouconvillers	60	170 km W	423	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sandarville	28	236 km SW	423	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Goviller	54	157 km SE	418	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Schopperten	67	208 km E	407	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Huisseau-en-Beauce	41	295 km SW	406	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Samoussy	02	49 km NW	384	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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