La Forestière
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Forestière (INSEE 51258) is in Marne (51), part of CC de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais. Population 209 (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/51258-la-forestiere
Vitality score
Vitality score 10.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 14 % of the 16,228 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.63 | 10 | 6.3 |
| Housing mix | 0.51 | 5 | 2.55 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 240 (2012) → 209 (2023): -12.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 185 (1990) → 209 (2023): 13 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 24.5 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Barbonne-Fayel): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Esternay): 7.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Villenauxe-la-Grande): 8.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Villenauxe-la-Grande): 8 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Les Essarts-le-Vicomte): 3 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [12]
Measured at the ESTERNAY-MAN weather station, 9.1 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 188 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ESTERNAY, 9.5 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. [12]
An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ESTERNAY-MAN, 9.1 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 100,000 € — 1,195 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Marne is 1,798 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51258/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51258/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51258/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51258/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51036
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51237
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 10420
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51236
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sorlin-de-Conac | 17 | 488 km SW | 209 | 8.9 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Amazy | 58 | 142 km S | 208 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Culles-les-Roches | 71 | 237 km S | 199 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arry | 80 | 226 km NW | 212 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Crasville | 50 | 373 km W | 223 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Bois-Hellain | 27 | 244 km W | 219 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazy | 58 | 142 km S | 208 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arry | 80 | 226 km NW | 212 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Culles-les-Roches | 71 | 237 km S | 199 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Bois-Hellain | 27 | 244 km W | 219 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Crasville | 50 | 373 km W | 223 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sorlin-de-Conac | 17 | 488 km SW | 209 | 8.9 | No daily shops | no figures |
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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 La Forestière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culles-les-Roches | 71 | 237 km S | 199 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Change | 71 | 207 km S | 217 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Toulouse-le-Château | 39 | 253 km SE | 204 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ormoy | 70 | 196 km SE | 205 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vic-sous-Thil | 21 | 153 km S | 188 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ville-Langy | 58 | 191 km S | 236 | 6.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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