Vraux

Identity

Vraux (INSEE 51656) is in Marne (51), part of CA de Châlons-en-Champagne. Population 460 (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/51656-vraux

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 17,957 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

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (ENTREPRISE NOAILLON FRERES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LES CARRIERES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 477 (2012) → 460 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 329 (1990) → 460 (2023): 39.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 203, of which 1 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Matougues): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vraux): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Juvigny): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Tours-sur-Marne): 8.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Vraux): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BOUZY-CIVC weather station, 9.5 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 83 m. ^[12]

The village sits 70 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 BOUZY-CIVC, 9.5 km away at 153 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 70 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 694 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOUZY-CIVC, 9.5 km away at 153 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 — 51656/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51656/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51656/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 51656/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51357
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51656
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51312
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 51576
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024