Merfy

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51362

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

Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Merfy (INSEE 51362) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 609 (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/51362-merfy

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 16,993 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.61	10	6.13
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

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 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA PAPINETTE EN BOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DU MASSIF). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	1	LA PAPINETTE EN BOIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DU MASSIF	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 389 peak 2007: 654 2023: 609 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 622 (2012) → 609 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 547 (1990) → 609 (2023): 11.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 2.2 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.6 km NEBakery — 1.8 km NEPharmacy — 1.8 km NEFood shop — 3.7 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 (Saint-Thierry): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Champigny): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Thierry): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Thierry): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Merfy): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.2

Days at or below 0 °C 41.9

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST THIERRY-CIVC weather station, 1.2 km away at 135 m; the village itself is at 134 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at REIMS-COURCY, 7.7 km away at 91 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

An average of 623 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST THIERRY-CIVC, 1.2 km away at 135 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 — 51362/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51362/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51362/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51362/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51518
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51362
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
Hérouville-en-Vexin	95	134 km W	584	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Vitot	27	222 km W	557	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 80 %
Athée	21	253 km SE	815	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 73 %
Le Pout	33	597 km SW	616	25	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Trégarantec	29	608 km W	634	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Pournoy-la-Chétive	57	164 km E	610	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hérouville-en-Vexin	95	134 km W	584	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Pournoy-la-Chétive	57	164 km E	610	21.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Vitot	27	222 km W	557	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 80 %
Athée	21	253 km SE	815	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 73 %
Le Pout	33	597 km SW	616	25	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Trégarantec	29	608 km W	634	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Merfy'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
Hérouville-en-Vexin	95	134 km W	584	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Grauves	51	36 km S	618	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Wahlenheim	67	279 km E	649	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Gastins	77	100 km SW	741	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mazinghem	62	182 km NW	457	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Wancourt	62	131 km NW	626	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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