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Bologne

Haute-Marne · CA de Chaumont · INSEE 52058

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 32.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bologne (INSEE 52058) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA de Chaumont. Population 1,833 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/52058-bologne

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 10,178 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 food0.26256.56
Social0200
Education0.39103.93
Health0.66106.56
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.4103.98
Housing mix0.9754.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 of 3
Lodging 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FABRIQUE DES FILLES). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE NATH). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LAHIER). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALENTIN BERNELAS, MÉDECIN · JULIEN JAKUBEK, MÉDECIN · ANNE-MARIE DIDIERJEAN, MÉDECIN · LAURENT BIASETTO, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE VEDIE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BOLOGNE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (DANY ELLE COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

1 × Hotel (LE BILLOT). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Restaurant, Café / bar. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LA FABRIQUE DES FILLESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1L'EPICERIE DE NATHINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket1LAHIERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE VICTOR HUGOINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)5VALENTIN BERNELAS, MÉDECIN · JULIEN JAKUBEK, MÉDECIN · ANNE-MARIE DIDIERJEAN, MÉDECIN · LAURENT BIASETTO, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE VEDIE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE BOLOGNEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2DANY ELLE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel1LE BILLOTINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 2,151 peak 1975: 2,231 2023: 1,833 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,870 (2012) → 1,833 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,041 (1990) → 1,833 (2023): -10.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,032, of which 1.4 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.7 km SW (Bologne)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.7 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 (Bologne): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bologne): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Bologne): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bologne): 0 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bologne): 0.1 km to the south-east (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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the CHAUMONT weather station, 10.8 km away at 317 m; the village itself is at 246 m. [9]

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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at CHAUMONT, 10.8 km away at 317 m, over 21 summers. [9]

That station sits 71 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 1,073 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ROCHEFORT, 5.1 km away at 353 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52058/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52058/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52058/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52058/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52058
  9. 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
Saulce-sur-Rhône26390 km S1,89249.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers51136 km NW1,73449.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sermaize-les-Bains5167 km N1,74252Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Bailleau-le-Pin28283 km W1,68432Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fleurey-sur-Ouche21101 km S1,53545.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien2189 km S1,86451Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sermaize-les-Bains5167 km N1,74252Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Julien2189 km S1,86451Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Fleurey-sur-Ouche21101 km S1,53545.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers51136 km NW1,73449.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bailleau-le-Pin28283 km W1,68432Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saulce-sur-Rhône26390 km S1,89249.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Bologne'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
Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers51136 km NW1,73449.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bailleau-le-Pin28283 km W1,68432Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pouxeux88106 km E1,94746.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Artenay45242 km W1,99750.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Verny57119 km NE2,05653.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rémilly57129 km NE2,07050.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %