Charmes-la-Grande

Identity

Charmes-la-Grande (INSEE 52110) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne. Population 161 (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/52110-charmes-la-grande

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 14,590 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (GB HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 162 (2012) → 161 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 150 (1990) → 161 (2023): 7.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 99, of which 15.2 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Joinville): 12.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Doulevant-le-Château): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sommevoire): 11.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Doulevant-le-Château): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Doulevant-le-Château): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BLECOURT weather station, 5.3 km away at 348 m; the village itself is at 241 m. ^[11]

The village sits 107 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 BLECOURT, 5.3 km away at 348 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 107 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 1,001 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FLAMMERECOURT, 4.4 km away at 260 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 48,000 € — 414 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Haute-Marne is 833 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52110/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52110/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52110/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52110/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52250
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52178
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52479
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025