Esternay

Marne · CC de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais · INSEE 51237

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Esternay (INSEE 51237) is in Marne (51), part of CC de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais. Population 1,748 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/51237-esternay

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 83 % of the 10,502 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	0.6	25	15.02
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.59	10	5.93
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DRIOT). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOZZOLINI · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DUSAUTOY). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LECVRESTO). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE A RIMBAUD). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ARTHUR RIMBAUD). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DU GRAND MORIN). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LUMINITA MUNTEANU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU GRAND MORIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE LA GARE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE COLLEGE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR DU TEMPS · L'ATELIER D'OCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	DRIOT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOZZOLINI · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DUSAUTOY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LECVRESTO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE A RIMBAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ARTHUR RIMBAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE DU GRAND MORIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LUMINITA MUNTEANU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU GRAND MORIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE LA GARE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE COLLEGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	L'HAIR DU TEMPS · L'ATELIER D'OCE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,579 peak 2012: 1,890 2023: 1,748 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,890 (2012) → 1,748 (2023): -7.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,600 (1990) → 1,748 (2023): 9.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,001, of which 3.9 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Esternay): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Esternay): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Esternay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Esternay): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Esternay): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.2

Days at or below 0 °C 71

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ESTERNAY-MAN weather station, 1.4 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 152 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at ESTERNAY, 1.9 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ESTERNAY-MAN, 1.4 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51237
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
Beauvoir-sur-Niort	79	415 km SW	1,765	53	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Montguyon	17	483 km SW	1,705	61.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 54 %
Val-de-Meuse	52	165 km SE	1,801	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Espéraza	11	653 km S	1,774	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 31 % · humidity 57 %
Boulogne-sur-Gesse	31	645 km S	1,673	64.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 74 %
Diemeringen	67	267 km E	1,579	62.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val-de-Meuse	52	165 km SE	1,801	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Diemeringen	67	267 km E	1,579	62.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Beauvoir-sur-Niort	79	415 km SW	1,765	53	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Montguyon	17	483 km SW	1,705	61.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 54 %
Boulogne-sur-Gesse	31	645 km S	1,673	64.9	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 74 %
Espéraza	11	653 km S	1,774	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 31 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Esternay'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
Pouilly-en-Auxois	21	180 km SE	1,533	66.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sissonne	02	97 km N	2,065	47	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Epfig	67	291 km E	2,263	57.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Marigny-le-Châtel	10	39 km S	1,749	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine	38	397 km SE	2,392	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Randan	63	303 km S	1,619	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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