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Vandeuil

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51591

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

No daily shops 18.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vandeuil (INSEE 51591) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 187 (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/51591-vandeuil

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 15,590 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.49104.95
Housing mix0.9354.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 149 peak 1999: 212 2023: 187 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 212 (2012) → 187 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 188 (1990) → 187 (2023): -0.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 91, of which 3.3 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.4 km NE (Vandeuil)Pharmacy — 1.7 km NE (Jonchery-sur-Vesle)Bakery — 1.8 km NE (Jonchery-sur-Vesle)GP — 2.0 km E (Jonchery-sur-Vesle)Food shop — 2.6 km E (Jonchery-sur-Vesle)
Primary school — 1.4 km NEPharmacy — 1.7 km NEBakery — 1.8 km NEGP — 2.0 km EFood shop — 2.6 km E 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 (Jonchery-sur-Vesle): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Jonchery-sur-Vesle): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Jonchery-sur-Vesle): 2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Jonchery-sur-Vesle): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vandeuil): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CHAMBRECY-CIVC weather station, 11.2 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 133 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CHAMBRECY-CIVC, 11.2 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. [10]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at FISMES ST LADRE, 7.8 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51591/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51591/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51591/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51591/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51308
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51591
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Monts60129 km W18721.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Lansac65729 km SW18522.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 %
Lachaussée-du-Bois-d'Écu60121 km W18221.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bernac81607 km S18622.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Donnelay57219 km E19318No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aoustrille36295 km SW19919.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lachaussée-du-Bois-d'Écu60121 km W18221.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Monts60129 km W18721.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Donnelay57219 km E19318No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aoustrille36295 km SW19919.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Bernac81607 km S18622.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Lansac65729 km SW18522.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 35 % · 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 Vandeuil'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
Lachaussée-du-Bois-d'Écu60121 km W18221.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Donnelay57219 km E19318No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Marcy-sous-Marle0251 km N20317No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Laix54145 km E21120.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bonvillers60109 km W18919No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chazeuil21221 km SE19518.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %