Les Mesneux

Identity

Les Mesneux (INSEE 51365) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 966 (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/51365-les-mesneux

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 77 % of the 14,517 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ JEANNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES MESNEUX AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CLEM & ALEX). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 834 (2012) → 966 (2023): 15.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 756 (1990) → 966 (2023): 27.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 414, of which 1.4 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bezannes): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Mesneux): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bezannes): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pargny-lès-Reims): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Mesneux): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the REIMS-VILLE weather station, 7.4 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CHAMBRECY-CIVC, 10.6 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 55 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 647 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at REIMS-VILLE, 7.4 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

48 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 345,950 € — 2,915 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Marne is 1,798 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

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

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51365/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51365/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51365/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51365/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51058
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51365
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51422
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025