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Ville-Dommange

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51622

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

Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ville-Dommange (INSEE 51622) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 407 (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/51622-ville-dommange

Vitality score

Vitality score 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 18,000 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.36103.6
Housing mix0.9854.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (COQ ET VINS · INSTANT TERROIR). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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]
Restaurant2COQ ET VINS · INSTANT TERROIRINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale1VILLEDOMMANGE APINSEE 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]
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: 449 peak 1990: 473 2023: 407 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 414 (2012) → 407 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 473 (1990) → 407 (2023): -14 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 210, of which 1 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.9 km N (Pargny-lès-Reims)GP — 1.9 km N (Pargny-lès-Reims)Pharmacy — 1.9 km N (Pargny-lès-Reims)Primary school — 2.1 km N (Pargny-lès-Reims)Food shop — 3.1 km NE (Les Mesneux)
Bakery — 1.9 km NGP — 1.9 km NPharmacy — 1.9 km NPrimary school — 2.1 km NFood shop — 3.1 km NE 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 (Pargny-lès-Reims): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Les Mesneux): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Pargny-lès-Reims): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pargny-lès-Reims): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Pargny-lès-Reims): 2.1 km to the north (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 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, 8.3 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 178 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CHAMBRECY-CIVC, 8.3 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. [10]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CHAMBRECY-CIVC, 8.3 km away at 150 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 — 51622/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51622/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51622/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51622/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51422
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51365
  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
Dercy0259 km N39221.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Grand-Rullecourt62157 km NW38321.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Oiselay-et-Grachaux70247 km SE43722.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Blaise74384 km SE38326.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Oyrières70221 km SE36519.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Clairfontaine0287 km N50920.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dercy0259 km N39221.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Clairfontaine0287 km N50920.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Grand-Rullecourt62157 km NW38321.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Oyrières70221 km SE36519.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Oiselay-et-Grachaux70247 km SE43722.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Blaise74384 km SE38326.1Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Ville-Dommange'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
Dercy0259 km N39221.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny-Mornay-Villeneuve-sur-Vingeanne21213 km SE38122.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-lès-Luxeuil70240 km SE38017.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Vibersviller57221 km E38121.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Samoussy0245 km N38418.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ruederbach68306 km SE38523.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %