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Rapsécourt

Marne · CC de l'Argonne Champenoise · INSEE 51452

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rapsécourt (INSEE 51452) is in Marne (51), part of CC de l'Argonne Champenoise. Population 34 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/51452-rapsecourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 2,609 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.67106.72
Housing mix155

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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”.

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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 49 2023: 34 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 34 (2012) → 34 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 29 (1990) → 34 (2023): 17.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 17, of which 0 % second homes and 23.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 5.9 km NE (Dommartin-Dampierre)Primary school — 7.0 km W (Auve)Food shop — 9.4 km NE (Sainte-Menehould)GP — 10.0 km NE (Sainte-Menehould)Pharmacy — 10.4 km NE (Sainte-Menehould)
Bakery — 5.9 km NEPrimary school — 7.0 km WFood shop — 9.4 km NEGP — 10.0 km NEPharmacy — 10.4 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 (Dommartin-Dampierre): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sainte-Menehould): 9.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Sainte-Menehould): 10 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Menehould): 10.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Auve): 7 km to the west (straight line). [10]

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ARGERS weather station, 6.1 km away at 152 m; the village itself is at 154 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at ARGERS, 6.1 km away at 152 m, over 22 summers. [11]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ARGERS, 6.1 km away at 152 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51452/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51452/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51452/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51452/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51211
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51507
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51027
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Contres18295 km SW3514.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Avelanges21161 km S339.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Montmarlon39254 km S3312.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Ville-devant-Belrain5543 km SE3317.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Riencourt-lès-Bapaume62182 km NW3313.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Armancourt80168 km NW3317.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ville-devant-Belrain5543 km SE3317.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Avelanges21161 km S339.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Armancourt80168 km NW3317.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Riencourt-lès-Bapaume62182 km NW3313.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Montmarlon39254 km S3312.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Contres18295 km SW3514.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Rapsécourt'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ville-devant-Belrain5543 km SE3317.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bienville-la-Petite54133 km E3612.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gibercourt02135 km NW3713.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vulmont57111 km E3117.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Malmy5117 km N3817.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gillaumé5273 km SE3010.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %