Verzenay

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51613

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

Partly served 53/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Verzenay (INSEE 51613) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 991 (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/51613-verzenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 53/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 14,380 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.44	10	4.38
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MOULIN DES GALIPES). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA GRAPPE A PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA CROIX D'OR). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BAPTISTE FANDRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DES GALIPES). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MOULIN DES GALIPES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	2	LA GRAPPE A PIZZA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA CROIX D'OR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	BAPTISTE FANDRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DES GALIPES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VERZENAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VERZENAY	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	1	LE SALON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 1,350 2023: 991 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,035 (2012) → 991 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,057 (1990) → 991 (2023): -6.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 482, of which 3.7 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.8 km SE 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 (Verzenay): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Verzy): 1.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Verzenay): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Verzenay): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Verzenay): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9

Days at or below 0 °C 43.9

Muggy days a summer 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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAILLY-CIVC weather station, 2.2 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 162 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAILLY-CIVC, 2.2 km away at 182 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAILLY-CIVC, 2.2 km away at 182 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 — 51613/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51613/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51613/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51613/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51613
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51614
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
Villeneuve-sur-Allier	03	286 km S	1,024	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Estrée-Blanche	62	206 km NW	913	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mars-la-Tour	54	127 km E	875	52	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Hiersac	16	498 km SW	1,142	44	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Bourg-et-Comin	02	44 km NW	809	60.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Grésy-sur-Isère	73	426 km SE	1,195	44	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bourg-et-Comin	02	44 km NW	809	60.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mars-la-Tour	54	127 km E	875	52	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Estrée-Blanche	62	206 km NW	913	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-sur-Allier	03	286 km S	1,024	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Grésy-sur-Isère	73	426 km SE	1,195	44	Partly served	no figures
Hiersac	16	498 km SW	1,142	44	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Verzenay'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
Estrée-Blanche	62	206 km NW	913	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tillé	60	151 km W	1,258	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Montenay	53	382 km W	1,291	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauflieu	80	154 km NW	976	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gaillefontaine	76	191 km W	1,108	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chépy	80	206 km NW	1,190	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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