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Pleurs

Marne · CC du Sud Marnais · INSEE 51432

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 55.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pleurs (INSEE 51432) is in Marne (51), part of CC du Sud Marnais. Population 825 (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/51432-pleurs

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 15,483 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.632515.8
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0.63106.32
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.66106.57
Housing mix0.9254.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE D'AUTREFOIS). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (DEBIT DE BOISSON LE CHEVAL GRIS). [4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOUDABEH POURET, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MOUSSLY). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (PLEURS AP). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE D'AUTREFOISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar1DEBIT DE BOISSON LE CHEVAL GRISINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1SOUDABEH POURET, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE MOUSSLYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1PLEURS APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 590 peak 2012: 903 2023: 825 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 903 (2012) → 825 (2023): -8.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 713 (1990) → 825 (2023): 15.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 443, of which 3.8 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.8 km N (Pleurs)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.8 km N 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 (Pleurs): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pleurs): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Pleurs): 0.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pleurs): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Pleurs): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the VERT TOULON-CIVC weather station, 17 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 93 m. [9]

The village sits 62 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [9]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at SEZANNE, 10 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51432/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51432/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51432/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51432/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51432
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chârost18229 km SW88860.2ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Tagnon0889 km N90151.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Moÿ-de-l'Aisne02124 km N99454.8Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Caux76247 km NW70859.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Yainville76237 km W1,03138.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon61290 km W1,05541.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Tagnon0889 km N90151.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Moÿ-de-l'Aisne02124 km N99454.8Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 77 %
Chârost18229 km SW88860.2ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Yainville76237 km W1,03138.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Caux76247 km NW70859.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon61290 km W1,05541.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %

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