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Villers-Franqueux

Marne · CU du Grand Reims · INSEE 51633

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

No daily shops 19.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villers-Franqueux (INSEE 51633) is in Marne (51), part of CU du Grand Reims. Population 298 (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/51633-villers-franqueux

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,809 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.6106.04
Housing mix0.9154.57

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 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (NICKY'S BBQ). [3,4]

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, Post office / agence postale, 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]
Restaurant1NICKY'S BBQINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 postale0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 198 peak 2012: 307 2023: 298 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 307 (2012) → 298 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 270 (1990) → 298 (2023): 10.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 4.3 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.5 km NW (Hermonville)Bakery — 2.6 km W (Hermonville)Food shop — 2.6 km W (Hermonville)GP — 2.7 km W (Hermonville)Pharmacy — 3.0 km SE (Saint-Thierry)
Primary school — 2.5 km NWBakery — 2.6 km WFood shop — 2.6 km WGP — 2.7 km WPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Hermonville): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hermonville): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Hermonville): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Thierry): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Hermonville): 2.5 km to the north-west (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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ST THIERRY-CIVC weather station, 3.3 km away at 135 m; the village itself is at 112 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at REIMS-COURCY, 8.2 km away at 91 m, over 17 summers. [10]

An average of 623 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST THIERRY-CIVC, 3.3 km away at 135 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 — 51633/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51633/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51633/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51633/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51291
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51518
  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
Fallerans25300 km SE29324.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Preux-au-Sart59108 km N30021.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Peseux39280 km SE29320.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Larians-et-Munans70272 km SE29123.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Moslins5140 km S28821.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Assevillers80102 km NW31123.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Moslins5140 km S28821.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Assevillers80102 km NW31123.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Preux-au-Sart59108 km N30021.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Larians-et-Munans70272 km SE29123.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Peseux39280 km SE29320.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Fallerans25300 km SE29324.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · 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 Villers-Franqueux'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
Preux-au-Sart59108 km N30021.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moslins5140 km S28821.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Assevillers80102 km NW31123.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Hestrud5998 km N28819.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Champenard27191 km W29424.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Milon-la-Chapelle78153 km SW29517.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %