Marfaux

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51348

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

No daily shops 17.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marfaux (INSEE 51348) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 116 (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 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 11,868 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	0.37	10	3.66
Housing mix	1	5	5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 × Café / bar. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	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	1	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 111 peak 2007: 153 2023: 116 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 148 (2012) → 116 (2023): -21.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 134 (1990) → 116 (2023): -13.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 64, of which 0 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.2 km NWPrimary school — 2.2 km NWGP — 2.2 km NWFood shop — 6.4 km SWPharmacy — 6.4 km NE 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 (Chaumuzy): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cuchery): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chaumuzy): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pargny-lès-Reims): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chaumuzy): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.7

Days at or below 0 °C 69.3

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHAMBRECY-CIVC weather station, 5.3 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 141 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CHAMBRECY-CIVC, 5.3 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHAMBRECY-CIVC, 5.3 km away at 150 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 — 51348/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51348/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51348/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51348/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51199
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51422
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
Viviers	57	188 km E	120	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gemmelaincourt	88	182 km SE	120	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Oroix	65	718 km SW	99	17.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 %
Létanne	08	96 km NE	107	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lugny	02	68 km N	110	15.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Grimaucourt-en-Woëvre	55	121 km E	94	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lugny	02	68 km N	110	15.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Létanne	08	96 km NE	107	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Grimaucourt-en-Woëvre	55	121 km E	94	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gemmelaincourt	88	182 km SE	120	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Viviers	57	188 km E	120	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Oroix	65	718 km SW	99	17.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · 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 Marfaux'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
Viviers	57	188 km E	120	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gemmelaincourt	88	182 km SE	120	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Létanne	08	96 km NE	107	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Grimaucourt-en-Woëvre	55	121 km E	94	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villargent	70	263 km SE	117	14.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bourg-sous-Châtelet	90	278 km SE	115	12.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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