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Chauffourt

Haute-Marne · CC du Grand Langres · INSEE 52120

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

No daily shops 17.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chauffourt (INSEE 52120) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC du Grand Langres. Population 180 (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/52120-chauffourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 15,366 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 & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.29102.86
Housing mix0.8654.28

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 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 PRIMAIRE DE SEGRE). [3]

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE). [3]

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. [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 PRIMAIRE DE SEGREINSEE 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]
Library1POINT-LECTUREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 248 2023: 180 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 201 (2012) → 180 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 229 (1990) → 180 (2023): -21.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 111, of which 7.2 % second homes and 18 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 2.5 km N (Sarrey)GP — 4.9 km NE (Val-de-Meuse)Bakery — 5.3 km NE (Val-de-Meuse)Pharmacy — 5.3 km NE (Val-de-Meuse)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km NGP — 4.9 km NEBakery — 5.3 km NEPharmacy — 5.3 km NE 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 (Val-de-Meuse): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sarrey): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Val-de-Meuse): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Val-de-Meuse): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Chauffourt): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the IS-EN-BASSIGNY weather station, 5.6 km away at 403 m; the village itself is at 395 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at IS-EN-BASSIGNY, 5.6 km away at 403 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 1,003 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BONNECOURT, 4.1 km away at 415 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 70,000 € — 680 € 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 — 52120/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52120/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52120/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52120/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52332
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52461
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52120
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Circourt-sur-Mouzon8841 km NE18617.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Leuze02228 km NW19021.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vieux-Champagne77183 km W19220.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Mortagne8897 km NE18222.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ornézan32622 km SW20219.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 54 % · humidity 43 %
Cussangy1099 km W20019.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Circourt-sur-Mouzon8841 km NE18617.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Mortagne8897 km NE18222.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cussangy1099 km W20019.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Vieux-Champagne77183 km W19220.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Leuze02228 km NW19021.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ornézan32622 km SW20219.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 54 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Chauffourt'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
Leuze02228 km NW19021.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Mortagne8897 km NE18222.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Sabine21106 km SW17219No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Ville-sur-Tourbe51143 km N21620.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lamécourt60271 km NW19622.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chervey1072 km W14518.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %