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Fontaines-sur-Marne

Haute-Marne · CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées · INSEE 52203

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

No daily shops 14.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontaines-sur-Marne (INSEE 52203) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées. Population 151 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/52203-fontaines-sur-marne

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 14,120 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 trend0.74107.38
Housing mix0.9254.61

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 200 2023: 151 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 157 (2012) → 151 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 122 (1990) → 151 (2023): 23.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 77, of which 3.9 % second homes and 16.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.1 km W (Bayard-sur-Marne)GP — 1.9 km S (Rachecourt-sur-Marne)Pharmacy — 1.9 km S (Rachecourt-sur-Marne)Food shop — 2.1 km W (Bayard-sur-Marne)Primary school — 2.1 km W (Bayard-sur-Marne)
Bakery — 1.1 km WGP — 1.9 km SPharmacy — 1.9 km SFood shop — 2.1 km WPrimary school — 2.1 km W 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 (Bayard-sur-Marne): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bayard-sur-Marne): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Rachecourt-sur-Marne): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Rachecourt-sur-Marne): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Bayard-sur-Marne): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CHEVILLON_SAPC weather station, 2.6 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 175 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CHEVILLON_SAPC, 2.6 km away at 170 m, over 22 summers. [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, 2.6 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 — 52203/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52203/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52203/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52203/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52265
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52414
  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
Glannes5145 km NW18312.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-sur-l'Hallue80250 km NW17511.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Patornay39223 km S1549.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Péreille09675 km SW1829.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Vandelainville5483 km NE14419.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Le Plessis-Luzarches95203 km W15219.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Glannes5145 km NW18312.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vandelainville5483 km NE14419.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Le Plessis-Luzarches95203 km W15219.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Patornay39223 km S1549.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Montigny-sur-l'Hallue80250 km NW17511.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Péreille09675 km SW1829.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · 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 Fontaines-sur-Marne'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
Glannes5145 km NW18312.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vandelainville5483 km NE14419.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Proverville1046 km SW2178.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Berthenicourt02185 km NW20318.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Bignicourt-sur-Saulx5134 km NW1538.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Nanteuil-sur-Aisne08122 km NW15013No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %