Fays
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fays (INSEE 52198) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées. Population 61 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 10/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 36 % of the 6,293 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.38 | 10 | 3.84 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.66 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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
Population 81 (2012) → 61 (2023): -24.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 69 (1990) → 61 (2023): -11.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 29, of which 3.4 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Wassy): 7.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Wassy): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Wassy): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Wassy): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Vaux-sur-Blaise): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CHEVILLON_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 287 m. [10]
The village sits 117 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 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CHEVILLON_SAPC, 8 km away at 170 m, over 22 summers. [10]
That station sits 117 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, 8 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 — 52198/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52198/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52198/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52198/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52550
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52510
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billecul | 39 | 206 km S | 60 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
| Plainemont | 70 | 112 km SE | 63 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Canens | 31 | 651 km SW | 63 | 15.1 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Macogny | 02 | 153 km NW | 64 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lucarré | 64 | 688 km SW | 64 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 30 % · humidity 29 % |
| Bray-Saint-Christophe | 02 | 200 km NW | 64 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plainemont | 70 | 112 km SE | 63 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Macogny | 02 | 153 km NW | 64 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bray-Saint-Christophe | 02 | 200 km NW | 64 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Billecul | 39 | 206 km S | 60 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
| Canens | 31 | 651 km SW | 63 | 15.1 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Lucarré | 64 | 688 km SW | 64 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 30 % · 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 Fays'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bures | 54 | 116 km E | 64 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gigney | 88 | 100 km E | 58 | 8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jouy-en-Argonne | 55 | 75 km N | 61 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bignicourt | 08 | 112 km NW | 65 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cerizy | 02 | 190 km NW | 58 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Oppenans | 70 | 140 km SE | 65 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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