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Domblain

Haute-Marne · CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées · INSEE 52169

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Domblain (INSEE 52169) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées. Population 86 (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/52169-domblain

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 9,143 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.47104.66
Housing mix0.8654.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 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”.

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR D'INES). [3,4]

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]

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)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]
Hairdresser1L'HAIR D'INESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 117 2023: 86 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 92 (2012) → 86 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 89 (1990) → 86 (2023): -3.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 43, of which 7 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.7 km W (Vaux-sur-Blaise)Food shop — 4.2 km NW (Wassy)GP — 4.4 km NW (Wassy)Pharmacy — 4.4 km NW (Wassy)Bakery — 4.6 km NW (Wassy)
Primary school — 1.7 km WFood shop — 4.2 km NWGP — 4.4 km NWPharmacy — 4.4 km NWBakery — 4.6 km NW 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 (Wassy): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Wassy): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Wassy): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Wassy): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vaux-sur-Blaise): 1.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CHEVILLON_SAPC weather station, 10.6 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 230 m. [10]

The village sits 60 m above 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. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CHEVILLON_SAPC, 10.6 km away at 170 m, over 22 summers. [10]

That station sits 60 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [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, 10.6 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52169/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52169/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52169/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52169/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52550
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52510
  10. 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
Averan65708 km SW8616.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Vigneul-sous-Montmédy55118 km N8610.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Bettoncourt8887 km E889.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne89115 km SW887.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Jubainville8855 km E8810.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Gensac65677 km SW8614.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Jubainville8855 km E8810.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Bettoncourt8887 km E889.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne89115 km SW887.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Vigneul-sous-Montmédy55118 km N8610.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Gensac65677 km SW8614.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Averan65708 km SW8616.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Domblain'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
Vigneul-sous-Montmédy55118 km N8610.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Artiguemy65699 km SW8712No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Hourges51127 km NW8611.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Ippécourt5565 km N8810.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Chicourt57122 km NE889.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Celsoy5277 km SE8710.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %