Giffaumont-Champaubert

Marne · CC Perthois-Bocage et Der · INSEE 51269

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

Few services 37.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Giffaumont-Champaubert (INSEE 51269) is in Marne (51), part of CC Perthois-Bocage et Der. Population 287 (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 37.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,752 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.93	20	18.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.64
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX PAINS DU DER). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (PRUNIER WILLY · AUX CAPRICES DU LAC · LA GRANGE AUX ABEILLES · CROC O DER). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AUX DELICES DU DER · LE CARRE CHAMPENOIS). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE GIFFAUMONT CHAMPAUBERT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CHRISTELLE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE CHEVAL BLANC). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA PLAGE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	AUX PAINS DU DER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	8	PRUNIER WILLY · AUX CAPRICES DU LAC · LA GRANGE AUX ABEILLES · CROC O DER	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	AUX DELICES DU DER · LE CARRE CHAMPENOIS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAGE DE GIFFAUMONT CHAMPAUBERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	CHRISTELLE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE CHEVAL BLANC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA PLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 398 2023: 287 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 261 (2012) → 287 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 227 (1990) → 287 (2023): 26.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 400, of which 56 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 0.5 km SPrimary school — 5.9 km SEGP — 5.9 km NFood shop — 6.1 km SEPharmacy — 8.9 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 (Giffaumont-Champaubert): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Porte du Der): 8.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Planrupt): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 50.9

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 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, 18.9 km away at 113 m; the village itself is at 132 m. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at FRIGNICOURT, 18.9 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, 18.9 km away at 113 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51269/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51269/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51269/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51269/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51269
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52182
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51277
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52331
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52391
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
Guchen	65	720 km SW	301	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Rosis	34	560 km S	279	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-de-la-Rivière	50	481 km W	250	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 43 %
Kerbors	22	583 km W	292	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Les Baux-de-Provence	13	535 km S	264	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-la-Rivière	50	482 km W	363	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Georges-de-la-Rivière	50	481 km W	250	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Jean-de-la-Rivière	50	482 km W	363	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 43 %
Les Baux-de-Provence	13	535 km S	264	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Rosis	34	560 km S	279	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Kerbors	22	583 km W	292	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Guchen	65	720 km SW	301	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · 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 Giffaumont-Champaubert'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
Aiguebelette-le-Lac	73	345 km S	255	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Lechâtelet	21	169 km S	228	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Balaguères	09	686 km SW	196	13.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Chaum	31	701 km SW	205	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Soccia	2A	779 km SE	160	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Père	89	142 km SW	289	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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