Vinay

Identity

Vinay (INSEE 51643) is in Marne (51), part of CA Epernay, Coteaux et Plaine de Champagne. Population 535 (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/51643-vinay

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 17,604 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LA BRIQUETERIE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA BRIQUETERIE). ^[3]

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

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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 571 (2012) → 535 (2023): -6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 489 (1990) → 535 (2023): 9.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 1.8 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Moussy): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pierry): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Martin-d'Ablois): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-d'Ablois): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Moussy): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHOUILLY weather station, 6.3 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 108 m. ^[11]

The village sits 64 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHOUILLY, 6.3 km away at 172 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 681 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHOUILLY, 6.3 km away at 172 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51643/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51643/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51643/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51643/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51390
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51431
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51002
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024