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La Neuville-au-Temple

Marne · CA de Châlons-en-Champagne · INSEE 51485

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

No daily shops 19.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Neuville-au-Temple (INSEE 51485) is in Marne (51), part of CA de Châlons-en-Champagne. Population 579 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 1 former commune: Dampierre-au-Temple (51205). [3]

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/51485-la-neuville-au-temple

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 17,281 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 & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.86108.56
Housing mix0.9754.84

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 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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. [4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT HILAIRE AU TEMPLE AP). [4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 35 RUE DES TEMPLIERS, DAMPIERRE AU TEMPLE). [4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). [4]

1 × Hairdresser (TABOUREAUX ANNICK). [4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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. [4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1SAINT HILAIRE AU TEMPLE APINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 35 RUE DES TEMPLIERS, DAMPIERRE AU TEMPLEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE OMNISPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser1TABOUREAUX ANNICKINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 271 peak 2017: 615 2023: 579 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 569 (2012) → 579 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 427 (1990) → 579 (2023): 35.6 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 251, of which 1.6 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.0 km NE (Vadenay)Primary school — 4.1 km NW (Bouy)Food shop — 7.9 km NW (Livry-Louvercy)GP — 9.2 km S (Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pré)Pharmacy — 9.3 km N (Mourmelon-le-Grand)
Bakery — 2.0 km NEPrimary school — 4.1 km NWFood shop — 7.9 km NWGP — 9.2 km SPharmacy — 9.3 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 (Vadenay): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Livry-Louvercy): 7.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

GP (Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pré): 9.2 km to the south (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (Mourmelon-le-Grand): 9.3 km to the north (straight line). [12]

Primary school (Bouy): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [13]

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [14]

Measured at the MOURMELON-GRAND weather station, 6 km away at 115 m; the village itself is at 118 m. [14]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [14]

Humidity measured at MOURMELON-GRAND, 6 km away at 115 m, over 21 summers. [14]

An average of 671 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [14]

Rainfall measured at MOURMELON-GRAND, 6 km away at 115 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [14]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51485/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51485/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51485/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51485/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51587
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51326
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51504
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51388
  13. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51078
  14. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne31693 km S54920.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %
Morville-le-Héron76220 km W53818.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 23 %
Les Touches-de-Périgny17495 km SW55016.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %
Baracé49384 km W63620.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Erbrée35416 km W71721Few servicesno figures
Montreuil-sur-Loir49389 km SW57219.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Morville-le-Héron76220 km W53818.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 23 %
Baracé49384 km W63620.4Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Montreuil-sur-Loir49389 km SW57219.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Erbrée35416 km W71721Few servicesno figures
Les Touches-de-Périgny17495 km SW55016.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Julien-sur-Garonne31693 km S54920.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %

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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 La Neuville-au-Temple'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
Bazoilles-sur-Meuse88125 km SE61222Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Réchicourt-le-Château57185 km E55018.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Eydoche38408 km S54328.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre52143 km SE38216.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Frizon88169 km SE48514.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Orgeux21197 km S46619.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %