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Cohons

Haute-Marne · CC d'Auberive Vingeanne et Montsaugeonnais · INSEE 52134

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

No daily shops 16.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cohons (INSEE 52134) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC d'Auberive Vingeanne et Montsaugeonnais. Population 207 (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/52134-cohons

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 16,166 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.39103.88
Housing mix0.8154.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 254 peak 2012: 261 2023: 207 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 261 (2012) → 207 (2023): -20.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 233 (1990) → 207 (2023): -11.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 136, of which 9.6 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.3 km SW (Longeau-Percey)Pharmacy — 3.6 km SW (Longeau-Percey)Bakery — 3.9 km SW (Longeau-Percey)Food shop — 3.9 km SW (Longeau-Percey)GP — 4.0 km SW (Longeau-Percey)
Primary school — 3.3 km SWPharmacy — 3.6 km SWBakery — 3.9 km SWFood shop — 3.9 km SWGP — 4.0 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 (Longeau-Percey): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Longeau-Percey): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Longeau-Percey): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Longeau-Percey): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Longeau-Percey): 3.3 km to the south-west (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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LANGRES weather station, 6.2 km away at 466 m; the village itself is at 381 m. [9]

The village sits 85 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 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at LANGRES, 6.2 km away at 466 m, over 30 summers. [9]

That station sits 85 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 937 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at VILLEGUSIEN, 6 km away at 296 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 — 52134/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52134/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52134/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52134/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52292
  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
Chancia39162 km S21124Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Brailly-Cornehotte80366 km NW21117.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cormainville28281 km W21319.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mauran31612 km SW20123.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Villedieu-lès-Bailleul61410 km W20319.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rammersmatt68129 km E21921.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rammersmatt68129 km E21921.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Chancia39162 km S21124Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cormainville28281 km W21319.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Brailly-Cornehotte80366 km NW21117.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villedieu-lès-Bailleul61410 km W20319.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mauran31612 km SW20123.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Cohons'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
Brailly-Cornehotte80366 km NW21117.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cormainville28281 km W21319.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villedieu-lès-Bailleul61410 km W20319.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fleuré61412 km W20316.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chaillevois02234 km NW20120.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bucy-Saint-Liphard45268 km W21518No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %