Donjeux

Identity

Donjeux (INSEE 52175) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne. Population 380 (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/52175-donjeux

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 18,061 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

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (DONJEUX AP). ^[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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 359 (2012) → 380 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 452 (1990) → 380 (2023): -15.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 5.9 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Froncles): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Froncles): 7.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Doulaincourt-Saucourt): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Joinville): 9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Donjeux): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BLECOURT weather station, 7 km away at 348 m; the village itself is at 218 m. ^[12]

The village sits 130 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BLECOURT, 7 km away at 348 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 130 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 929 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-URBAIN, 4.3 km away at 220 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52175/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52175/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52175/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52175/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52211
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52177
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52250
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52175
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024