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Verzy

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51614

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

Partly served 57/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Verzy (INSEE 51614) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 961 (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/51614-verzy

Vitality score

Vitality score 57/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 14,570 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
Health0.79107.91
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.47104.67
Housing mix0.9654.78

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 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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) (CASE A PAIN VERZY). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DU CEP A L'ASSIETTE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AGNES DUMONT, MÉDECIN · CYRIL TINTINGER, MÉDECIN · FRANCK DAVID, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE TONNEL DEVRIERE). [3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE INTERCOMMUNAL). [3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE GRDE MONTAGNE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST · CAISSE D'EPARGNE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (LEROUGE ALISON · LES CISEAUX DE DEBO). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1CASE A PAIN VERZYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1DU CEP A L'ASSIETTEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE PAUL ELUARDINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3AGNES DUMONT, MÉDECIN · CYRIL TINTINGER, MÉDECIN · FRANCK DAVID, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE TONNEL DEVRIEREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1VERZY RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1GYMNASE INTERCOMMUNALINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank3CAISSE LOCALE GRDE MONTAGNE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST · CAISSE D'EPARGNEINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser2LEROUGE ALISON · LES CISEAUX DE DEBOINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,058 peak 2007: 1,068 2023: 961 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,047 (2012) → 961 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 994 (1990) → 961 (2023): -3.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 503, of which 2.2 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.5 km E (Verzy)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 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 (Verzy): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Verzy): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Verzy): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Verzy): 0 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Verzy): 0.1 km to the east (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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MAILLY-CIVC weather station, 3.5 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 164 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at MAILLY-CIVC, 3.5 km away at 182 m, over 22 summers. [9]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at MAILLY-CIVC, 3.5 km away at 182 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51614/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51614/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51614/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51614/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51614
  9. 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
Seyssel01376 km S1,00846.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Preignan32662 km SW1,20247.1Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Augy89159 km S95451.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bourneville-Sainte-Croix27258 km W1,25260.1ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Montreux-Vieux68271 km SE92849.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay14339 km W1,36246.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Augy89159 km S95451.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bourneville-Sainte-Croix27258 km W1,25260.1ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Montreux-Vieux68271 km SE92849.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay14339 km W1,36246.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Seyssel01376 km S1,00846.3Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Preignan32662 km SW1,20247.1Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · 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 Verzy'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
Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay14339 km W1,36246.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Wihr-au-Val68255 km SE1,19545Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Chépy80208 km NW1,19034.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Achiet-le-Grand62148 km NW97460.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cormeilles27275 km W1,10560ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Carnières59128 km NW98353.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %