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Chancenay

Haute-Marne · CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées · INSEE 52104

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

Few services 26.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chancenay (INSEE 52104) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées. Population 1,003 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/52104-chancenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 14,299 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 food0.13253.28
Social0.32206.32
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.35103.48
Housing mix0.9554.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ALI BABA KEBAB · MELI NOON'S). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORT). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE LA COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant2ALI BABA KEBAB · MELI NOON'SINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE MULTISPORTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2L'ATELIER DE LA COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 563 peak 1990: 1,183 2023: 1,003 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,038 (2012) → 1,003 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,183 (1990) → 1,003 (2023): -15.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 517, of which 2.5 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 1.8 km SW (Bettancourt-la-Ferrée)GP — 1.9 km SW (Bettancourt-la-Ferrée)Food shop — 2.6 km SW (Saint-Dizier)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 1.8 km SWGP — 1.9 km SWFood shop — 2.6 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 (Chancenay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Dizier): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bettancourt-la-Ferrée): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Bettancourt-la-Ferrée): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Chancenay): 0.1 km to the 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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ST-DIZIER weather station, 7.2 km away at 139 m; the village itself is at 171 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ST-DIZIER, 7.2 km away at 139 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST-DIZIER, 7.2 km away at 139 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 — 52104/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52104/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52104/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52104/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52104
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52448
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52045
  11. 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
Murianette38392 km S91040.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Guibeville91200 km W92340.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Estreux59212 km NW93739.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Éveux69317 km S1,16035.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Vieille-Toulouse31633 km SW1,23036.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Kertzfeld67193 km E1,25532Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Kertzfeld67193 km E1,25532Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Guibeville91200 km W92340.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Estreux59212 km NW93739.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Éveux69317 km S1,16035.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Murianette38392 km S91040.3Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Vieille-Toulouse31633 km SW1,23036.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Chancenay'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
Guibeville91200 km W92340.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Méréville5486 km E1,28825.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Lavau1077 km SW1,00940.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bergholtz68187 km SE1,03928.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Neauphle-le-Vieux78229 km W93742.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Gaillon-sur-Montcient78230 km W68936.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %