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Verneuil

Marne · CC des Paysages de la Champagne · INSEE 51609

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 48.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Verneuil (INSEE 51609) is in Marne (51), part of CC des Paysages de la Champagne. Population 836 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/51609-verneuil

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 15,369 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 food0.422510.54
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.58105.77
Housing mix0.9254.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MARIE ET MAXIME). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'HACIENDA). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DE LA SEMOIGNE). [3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VERNEUIL BOULANGERIE RP). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (C. LE CONCEPT). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MARIE ET MAXIMEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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]
Restaurant1L'HACIENDAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DE LA SEMOIGNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1VERNEUIL BOULANGERIE RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2C. LE CONCEPTINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 706 peak 2012: 844 2023: 836 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 844 (2012) → 836 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 776 (1990) → 836 (2023): 7.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 442, of which 4.1 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.6 km S (Verneuil)Food shop — 2.2 km SW (Dormans)GP — 2.8 km SW (Dormans)Pharmacy — 3.5 km SW (Dormans)
In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.6 km SFood shop — 2.2 km SWGP — 2.8 km SWPharmacy — 3.5 km SW 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 (Verneuil): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Dormans): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Dormans): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Dormans): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Verneuil): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CHATILLON-CIVC weather station, 6.3 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 74 m. [10]

The village sits 79 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. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CHAMBRECY-CIVC, 14.5 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. [10]

That station sits 76 m above 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 714 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CHATILLON-CIVC, 6.3 km away at 153 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 — 51609/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51609/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51609/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51609/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51609
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51217
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pfetterhouse68314 km SE98740.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Agen-d'Aveyron12533 km S1,11640.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines37272 km SW87359.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Quillebeuf-sur-Seine27232 km W85952Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Moliens60149 km NW1,11733.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Cramant5126 km SE87140.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cramant5126 km SE87140.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Moliens60149 km NW1,11733.9Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Quillebeuf-sur-Seine27232 km W85952Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines37272 km SW87359.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pfetterhouse68314 km SE98740.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Agen-d'Aveyron12533 km S1,11640.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · 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 Verneuil'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
Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines37272 km SW87359.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cramant5126 km SE87140.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Isles-les-Meldeuses7750 km W76047.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Touquin7763 km SW1,25341.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Hénonville60119 km W92543Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ravières89157 km S73540.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %