Saint-Imoges

Identity

Saint-Imoges (INSEE 51488) is in Marne (51), part of CC de la Grande Vallée de la Marne. Population 330 (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/51488-saint-imoges

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 18,033 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE BOIS JOLI). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-IMOGES). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 294 (2012) → 330 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 273 (1990) → 330 (2023): 20.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 144, of which 5.6 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

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

Food shop (Dizy): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dizy): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Dizy): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Hautvillers): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GERMAINE-CIVC weather station, 4.4 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 272 m. ^[10]

The village sits 100 m above 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHOUILLY, 10.3 km away at 172 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 100 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GERMAINE, 4.2 km away at 210 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 253,800 € — 2,140 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Marne is 1,798 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

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 — 51488/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51488/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51488/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51488/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51210
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51287
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025