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Vouillers

Marne · CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées · INSEE 51654

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

Few services 22.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vouillers (INSEE 51654) is in Marne (51), part of CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées. Population 257 (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/51654-vouillers

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,348 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.8108.05
Housing mix0.9454.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (PASSION COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser1PASSION COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 205 peak 2017: 258 2023: 257 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 240 (2012) → 257 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 257 (2023): 30.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 100, of which 3 % second homes and 1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPharmacy — 5.0 km E (Villiers-en-Lieu)Bakery — 5.2 km E (Villiers-en-Lieu)Food shop — 9.2 km SE (Saint-Dizier)GP — 9.3 km SW (Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement)
In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 5.0 km EBakery — 5.2 km EFood shop — 9.2 km SEGP — 9.3 km SW 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 (Villiers-en-Lieu): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Dizier): 9.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement): 9.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Villiers-en-Lieu): 5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vouillers): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [11]

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the TROIS-FONTAINES weather station, 8.8 km away at 204 m; the village itself is at 133 m. [12]

The village sits 71 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at FRIGNICOURT, 15.9 km away at 113 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 981 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at TROIS-FONTAINES, 8.8 km away at 204 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51654/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51654/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51654/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51654/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52534
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52448
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51277
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51654
  12. 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
Noyelle-Vion62244 km NW25618.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-lès-Buxy71219 km S26024Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Bouelles76268 km NW26019.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Grézieux-le-Fromental42344 km S25424.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Hamelincourt62223 km NW26022.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bugny25219 km SE25724.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bugny25219 km SE25724.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-lès-Buxy71219 km S26024Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Hamelincourt62223 km NW26022.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Noyelle-Vion62244 km NW25618.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bouelles76268 km NW26019.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Grézieux-le-Fromental42344 km S25424.7Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · 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 Vouillers'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
Villemardy41290 km W26420Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villy-en-Trodes1063 km SW24520.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Tilly-sur-Meuse5557 km NE27220.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ébaty21195 km S25625.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Buc90187 km SE24417.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Châtenay28220 km W24124.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %