Curel

Haute-Marne · CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées · INSEE 52156

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Curel (INSEE 52156) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées. Population 407 (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/52156-curel

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 18,000 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.39
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SNC CLAUDIN MERCIER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE SIRI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CUREL AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SNC CLAUDIN MERCIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CATHERINE SIRI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CUREL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 543 2023: 407 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 441 (2012) → 407 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 485 (1990) → 407 (2023): -16.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 2.3 % second homes and 14.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 4.6 km SPharmacy — 4.7 km S 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 (Curel): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Joinville): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Curel): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Joinville): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Curel): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.2

Days at or below 0 °C 62

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHEVILLON_SAPC weather station, 4 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 189 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHEVILLON_SAPC, 4 km away at 170 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

An average of 993 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHEVILLON_SAPC, 4 km away at 170 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52156/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52156/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52156/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52156/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52250
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vienne-le-Château	51	80 km N	516	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Maranville	52	44 km SW	405	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Souilly	55	61 km N	426	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Marville	55	110 km N	522	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Vanault-les-Dames	51	48 km NW	376	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
L'Isle-en-Rigault	55	26 km N	460	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
L'Isle-en-Rigault	55	26 km N	460	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Maranville	52	44 km SW	405	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vanault-les-Dames	51	48 km NW	376	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Souilly	55	61 km N	426	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Vienne-le-Château	51	80 km N	516	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Marville	55	110 km N	522	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · 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 Curel'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vienne-le-Château	51	80 km N	516	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Maranville	52	44 km SW	405	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Souilly	55	61 km N	426	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Vanault-les-Dames	51	48 km NW	376	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Neuville-au-Pont	51	73 km N	463	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Bucy-lès-Pierrepont	02	157 km NW	410	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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