Épizon

Haute-Marne · CC du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne · INSEE 52187

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

No daily shops 15.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épizon (INSEE 52187) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne. Population 153 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2013-02-28 from 2 former communes: Bettoncourt-le-Haut (52046), Pautaines-Augeville (52379). ^[3]

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 15.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 14,226 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.37	10	3.74
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EDMOND SAGUIER). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EDMOND SAGUIER	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 276 2023: 153 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 159 (2012) → 153 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 175 (1990) → 153 (2023): -12.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 111, of which 16.2 % second homes and 23.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 9.4 km SEFood shop — 10.8 km SGP — 12.3 km SWPharmacy — 12.9 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 (Orquevaux): 9.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Humberville): 10.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Doulaincourt-Saucourt): 12.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Saint-Blin): 12.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Épizon): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[13]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 65.1

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[14]

Measured at the BUSSON_SAPC weather station, 5.6 km away at 387 m; the village itself is at 364 m. ^[14]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[14]

Humidity measured at BUSSON_SAPC, 5.6 km away at 387 m, over 23 summers. ^[14]

An average of 1,062 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[14]

Rainfall measured at BUSSON_SAPC, 5.6 km away at 387 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[14]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52187/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52187/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52187/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52187/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52369
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52245
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52177
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52444
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52187
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
Engayrac	47	572 km SW	160	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 54 %
Lannecaube	64	693 km SW	145	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 14 %
Flamets-Frétils	76	313 km NW	159	14.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Orion	64	731 km SW	148	17.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %
Montesquieu-Guittaut	31	663 km SW	171	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 %
Ronnet	03	313 km SW	162	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Flamets-Frétils	76	313 km NW	159	14.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Ronnet	03	313 km SW	162	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Engayrac	47	572 km SW	160	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 54 %
Montesquieu-Guittaut	31	663 km SW	171	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 82 %
Lannecaube	64	693 km SW	145	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 14 %
Orion	64	731 km SW	148	17.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Épizon'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
Compainville	76	311 km NW	159	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Hannaches	60	287 km NW	132	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Brion	38	343 km S	141	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Sourd	02	202 km NW	155	9.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Hécourt	60	291 km NW	149	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sourniac	15	414 km SW	195	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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