Soudron

Identity

Soudron (INSEE 51556) is in Marne (51), part of CA de Châlons-en-Champagne. Population 300 (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/51556-soudron

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,873 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

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 315 (2012) → 300 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 287 (1990) → 300 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 147, of which 6.1 % second homes and 15.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chaintrix-Bierges): 9.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nuisement-sur-Coole): 8.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nuisement-sur-Coole): 8.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Châlons-en-Champagne): 15.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Soudron): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VATRY-AERO weather station, 7.3 km away at 179 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[12]

The village sits 65 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VATRY-AERO, 7.3 km away at 179 m, over 24 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 65 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 686 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SOUDRON, 0.7 km away at 121 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51556/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51556/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51556/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51556/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51107
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51409
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51108
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51556
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024