Germaine

Marne · CC de la Grande Vallée de la Marne · INSEE 51266

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

Few services 31.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Germaine (INSEE 51266) is in Marne (51), part of CC de la Grande Vallée de la Marne. Population 528 (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/51266-germaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,619 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.8	10	7.97
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.2

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 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ L). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MABILLON). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,3]

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	CHEZ L	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MABILLON	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 334 peak 2007: 541 2023: 528 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 509 (2012) → 528 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 407 (1990) → 528 (2023): 29.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 251, of which 8 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.4 km NEGP — 5.9 km NPharmacy — 5.9 km NFood shop — 6.9 km S 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 (Chigny-les-Roses): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aÿ-Champagne): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rilly-la-Montagne): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rilly-la-Montagne): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Germaine): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.2

Days at or below 0 °C 72.2

Muggy days a summer 2

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GERMAINE-CIVC weather station, 1.1 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 221 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MAILLY-CIVC, 7.8 km away at 182 m, over 22 summers. ^[12]

An average of 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GERMAINE, 0.2 km away at 210 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51266/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51266/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51266/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51266/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51030
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51461
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51266
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
Saint-Laurent	22	534 km W	541	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin	69	347 km S	528	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Bibost	69	371 km S	538	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vimpelles	77	98 km SW	512	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Barneville-sur-Seine	27	233 km W	545	28.9	Few services	no figures
Vovray-en-Bornes	74	374 km SE	550	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vimpelles	77	98 km SW	512	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Barneville-sur-Seine	27	233 km W	545	28.9	Few services	no figures
Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin	69	347 km S	528	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Bibost	69	371 km S	538	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vovray-en-Bornes	74	374 km SE	550	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent	22	534 km W	541	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Germaine'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
Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé	69	361 km S	575	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rezonville-Vionville	57	143 km E	517	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Fournival	60	126 km W	519	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Lavaganne	60	160 km W	502	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Allain	54	151 km SE	490	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Brimont	51	25 km N	453	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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