Cœur-de-la-Vallée
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cœur-de-la-Vallée (INSEE 51457) is in Marne (51), part of CC des Paysages de la Champagne. Population 642 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2023-01-01 from 2 former communes: Binson-et-Orquigny (51063), Villers-sous-Châtillon (51637). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 54 % of the 16,773 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.44 | 10 | 4.36 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.39 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE SANS POUR CENT). [4]
1 × Restaurant (BAR A K). [4,5]
1 × Café / bar (L'ANNEXE). [5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 2 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE SANS POUR CENT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | BAR A K | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 1 | L'ANNEXE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 714 (2012) → 642 (2023): -10.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 686 (1990) → 642 (2023): -6.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 6.1 % second homes and 17.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cœur-de-la-Vallée): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Œuilly): 1.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
GP (Mareuil-le-Port): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Mareuil-le-Port): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Châtillon-sur-Marne): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). [12]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]
Measured at the CHATILLON-CIVC weather station, 3.4 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 75 m. [13]
The village sits 78 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. [13]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]
Humidity measured at CHAMBRECY-CIVC, 11.3 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. [13]
That station sits 75 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]
An average of 726 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [13]
Rainfall measured at CHATILLON-MAN, 3.2 km away at 115 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51457/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51457/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51457/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51457/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51457
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51410
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51346
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51136
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Orée de Mormal | 59 | 133 km N | 619 | 35.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 % |
| Le Ménil-de-Briouze | 61 | 310 km W | 541 | 37.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Hoguette | 14 | 290 km W | 662 | 32.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Benoîtville | 50 | 407 km W | 640 | 29.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pair-et-Grandrupt | 88 | 252 km E | 486 | 34.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hypercourt | 80 | 105 km NW | 679 | 41.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypercourt | 80 | 105 km NW | 679 | 41.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| L'Orée de Mormal | 59 | 133 km N | 619 | 35.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 % |
| Pair-et-Grandrupt | 88 | 252 km E | 486 | 34.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Hoguette | 14 | 290 km W | 662 | 32.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Ménil-de-Briouze | 61 | 310 km W | 541 | 37.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Benoîtville | 50 | 407 km W | 640 | 29.6 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Cœur-de-la-Vallée'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-la-Gâtine | 28 | 172 km W | 470 | 35.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rivecourt | 60 | 83 km W | 639 | 35.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villeneuve-sur-Verberie | 60 | 83 km W | 724 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mittelschaeffolsheim | 67 | 285 km E | 560 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Favières | 28 | 198 km W | 637 | 24.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moyvillers | 60 | 91 km NW | 647 | 51.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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