Soizy-aux-Bois
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 15.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Soizy-aux-Bois (INSEE 51542) is in Marne (51), part of CC de la Brie Champenoise. Population 192 (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/51542-soizy-aux-bois
Vitality score
Vitality score 15.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 43 % of the 15,741 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.91 | 10 | 9.12 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.39 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 161 (2012) → 192 (2023): 19.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 136 (1990) → 192 (2023): 41.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 82, of which 6.1 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lachy): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sézanne): 9.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Sézanne): 10.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Sézanne): 9.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Charleville): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VERT TOULON-CIVC weather station, 13.3 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 183 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ESTERNAY, 13.4 km away at 185 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 743 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHARLEVILLE, 4.8 km away at 205 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 120,000 € — 878 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Marne is 1,798 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51542/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51542/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51542/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51542/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51313
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51535
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 51129
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pincé | 72 | 324 km W | 192 | 11 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 % |
| Fransu | 80 | 187 km NW | 193 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Épiez-sur-Chiers | 54 | 150 km NE | 192 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brotte-lès-Luxeuil | 70 | 226 km SE | 194 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gélacourt | 54 | 224 km E | 191 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Éroudeville | 50 | 380 km W | 194 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épiez-sur-Chiers | 54 | 150 km NE | 192 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fransu | 80 | 187 km NW | 193 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gélacourt | 54 | 224 km E | 191 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brotte-lès-Luxeuil | 70 | 226 km SE | 194 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pincé | 72 | 324 km W | 192 | 11 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 % |
| Éroudeville | 50 | 380 km W | 194 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · 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 Soizy-aux-Bois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fransu | 80 | 187 km NW | 193 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Épiez-sur-Chiers | 54 | 150 km NE | 192 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Folleville | 27 | 238 km W | 193 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ugny-le-Gay | 02 | 103 km NW | 187 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Morelmaison | 88 | 170 km E | 195 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Omelmont | 54 | 178 km E | 192 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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