Sommesous

Marne · CA de Châlons-en-Champagne · INSEE 51545

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sommesous (INSEE 51545) is in Marne (51), part of CA de Châlons-en-Champagne. Population 467 (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/51545-sommesous

Vitality score

Vitality score 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,931 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.67	10	6.68
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (MACDONALD'S). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOMMESOUS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOMMESOUS). ^[3]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	MACDONALD'S	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SOMMESOUS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOMMESOUS	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 515 peak 2017: 533 2023: 467 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 525 (2012) → 467 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 400 (1990) → 467 (2023): 16.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 235, of which 2.6 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 7.2 km SBakery — 7.4 km SGP — 7.4 km SPharmacy — 7.9 km S 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 (Mailly-le-Camp): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mailly-le-Camp): 7.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mailly-le-Camp): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mailly-le-Camp): 7.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sommesous): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.3

Days at or below 0 °C 70.1

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SOMMESOUS weather station, 0.8 km away at 167 m; the village itself is at 162 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VATRY-AERO, 5 km away at 179 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOMMESOUS, 0.8 km away at 167 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51545/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51545/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51545/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51545/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10216
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51545
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
Loubens-Lauragais	31	604 km S	454	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 57 %
Gyé-sur-Seine	10	81 km S	463	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Laneuville-sur-Meuse	55	109 km NE	432	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Courmemin	41	237 km SW	502	32	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Beauzire	43	391 km S	457	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-lès-Parey	88	131 km SE	487	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gyé-sur-Seine	10	81 km S	463	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Laneuville-sur-Meuse	55	109 km NE	432	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouen-lès-Parey	88	131 km SE	487	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Courmemin	41	237 km SW	502	32	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Beauzire	43	391 km S	457	35.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Loubens-Lauragais	31	604 km S	454	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · 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 Sommesous'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
Clermont	74	333 km SE	474	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lantenne-Vertière	25	205 km SE	562	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Égleny	89	120 km SW	457	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Trouhans	21	194 km SE	621	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Denis-des-Murs	87	384 km SW	545	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Étréchy	18	207 km SW	408	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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