Doulevant-le-Château
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 43.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Doulevant-le-Château (INSEE 52178) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne. Population 370 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 43.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 92 % of the 18,089 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.31 | 10 | 3.13 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.42 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE BLAISERIVE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHEVAILLIER LEGOUET). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (DOULEVANT LE CHATEAU AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | LE BLAISERIVE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE CHEVAILLIER LEGOUET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | DOULEVANT LE CHATEAU AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 420 (2012) → 370 (2023): -11.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 455 (1990) → 370 (2023): -18.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 225, of which 5.8 % second homes and 25.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Wassy): 13.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Doulevant-le-Château): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Sommevoire): 7.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Doulevant-le-Château): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Doulevant-le-Château): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BLECOURT weather station, 10.7 km away at 348 m; the village itself is at 212 m. [11]
The village sits 136 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BLECOURT, 10.7 km away at 348 m, over 20 summers. [11]
That station sits 136 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 863 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BLUMERAY, 5.1 km away at 232 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
23 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 50,000 € — 414 € 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52178/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52178/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52178/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52178/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52550
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52178
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52479
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autrey-lès-Gray | 70 | 108 km SE | 398 | 42.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buzancy | 08 | 117 km N | 380 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 % |
| Saint-André-du-Bois | 33 | 573 km SW | 440 | 36.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 % |
| Couy | 18 | 210 km SW | 369 | 37.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chèze | 22 | 562 km W | 578 | 41.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Couture-d'Argenson | 79 | 462 km SW | 398 | 43.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 99 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autrey-lès-Gray | 70 | 108 km SE | 398 | 42.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buzancy | 08 | 117 km N | 380 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 % |
| Couy | 18 | 210 km SW | 369 | 37.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Couture-d'Argenson | 79 | 462 km SW | 398 | 43.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 99 % |
| La Chèze | 22 | 562 km W | 578 | 41.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-André-du-Bois | 33 | 573 km SW | 440 | 36.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Doulevant-le-Château'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais | 86 | 399 km W | 354 | 35.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Landreville | 10 | 48 km SW | 395 | 31.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Symphorien | 72 | 375 km W | 509 | 36.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Loup-du-Dorat | 53 | 400 km W | 338 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Châtillon | 03 | 251 km SW | 317 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ceaux-en-Loudun | 86 | 381 km W | 560 | 33.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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