Ponthion

Identity

Ponthion (INSEE 51441) is in Marne (51), part of CC Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx. Population 103 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/51441-ponthion

Vitality score

Vitality score 10/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 10,844 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 114 (2012) → 103 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 117 (1990) → 103 (2023): -12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 67, of which 3 % second homes and 17.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Favresse): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Heiltz-l'Évêque): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marolles): 8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Thiéblemont-Farémont): 7.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Vitry-en-Perthois): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

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, 9.5 km away at 113 m; the village itself is at 109 m. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at FRIGNICOURT, 9.5 km away at 113 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 872 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at SOGNY, 8.9 km away at 116 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

8 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 92,500 € — 1,061 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Marne is 1,798 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[14]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51441/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51441/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51441/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51441/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51246
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51290
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51352
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51567
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51647
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025