Vienne-le-Château

Marne · CC de l'Argonne Champenoise · INSEE 51621

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

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vienne-le-Château (INSEE 51621) is in Marne (51), part of CC de l'Argonne Champenoise. Population 516 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 17,717 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.35	10	3.47
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'INSTANT DESSERT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN PERARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VIENNE-LE-CHÂTEAU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE LECLUYSE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE TULIPIER). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'INSTANT DESSERT	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 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ALAIN PERARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VIENNE-LE-CHÂTEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE LECLUYSE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	LE TULIPIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 550 peak 1999: 625 2023: 516 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 534 (2012) → 516 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 609 (1990) → 516 (2023): -15.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 274, of which 7.3 % second homes and 15 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 10.6 km SPharmacy — 11.0 km S 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 (Vienne-le-Château): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Menehould): 10.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vienne-le-Château): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Menehould): 11 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vienne-le-Château): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 60.9

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ARGERS weather station, 14.3 km away at 152 m; the village itself is at 129 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ARGERS, 14.3 km away at 152 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 833 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BERZIEUX, 7.3 km away at 140 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 — 51621/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51621/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51621/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51621/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51621
INSEE BPE 2025 — 51507
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
Marville	55	51 km NE	522	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Breuvannes-en-Bassigny	52	133 km SE	632	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Loye	39	246 km S	518	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Seuil-d'Argonne	55	27 km SE	530	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Moyen	54	146 km SE	517	27.4	Few services	no figures
Peyraud	07	432 km S	516	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Seuil-d'Argonne	55	27 km SE	530	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Marville	55	51 km NE	522	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Breuvannes-en-Bassigny	52	133 km SE	632	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Moyen	54	146 km SE	517	27.4	Few services	no figures
La Loye	39	246 km S	518	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Peyraud	07	432 km S	516	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 58 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Vienne-le-Château'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
Marville	55	51 km NE	522	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Breuvannes-en-Bassigny	52	133 km SE	632	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Seuil-d'Argonne	55	27 km SE	530	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Curel	52	80 km S	407	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Essay	61	347 km W	556	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuville-au-Pont	51	7.6 km S	463	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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