Foulain

Haute-Marne · CA de Chaumont · INSEE 52205

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Foulain (INSEE 52205) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA de Chaumont. Population 673 (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/52205-foulain

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 16,565 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	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.42	10	4.24
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LF TRAITEUR · LE CHALET · L.AFRITE · L'EPICERIE DE DEBORAH). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (FOULAIN RP). ^[3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	4	LF TRAITEUR · LE CHALET · L.AFRITE · L'EPICERIE DE DEBORAH	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	FOULAIN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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

1968: 629 peak 2007: 746 2023: 673 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 724 (2012) → 673 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 728 (1990) → 673 (2023): -7.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 336, of which 4.5 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 6.5 km SGP — 7.0 km NWPharmacy — 8.0 km NEBakery — 8.5 km NW 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 (Chaumont): 8.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villiers-sur-Suize): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chaumont): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Biesles): 8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Foulain): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.3

Days at or below 0 °C 64.3

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHAUMONT weather station, 8.7 km away at 317 m; the village itself is at 294 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at CHAUMONT, 8.7 km away at 317 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 982 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VILLIERS-SUR-S, 6.5 km away at 335 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52205/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52205/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52205/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52205/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52121
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52538
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52050
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52205
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
Oisseau-le-Petit	72	382 km W	671	28.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 69 %
Garganvillar	82	553 km SW	675	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %
Boissy-le-Sec	91	236 km W	690	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Moulidars	16	479 km SW	662	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Balbronn	67	175 km E	681	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Fontanès	30	476 km S	700	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Balbronn	67	175 km E	681	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-le-Sec	91	236 km W	690	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Oisseau-le-Petit	72	382 km W	671	28.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 69 %
Fontanès	30	476 km S	700	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Moulidars	16	479 km SW	662	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Garganvillar	82	553 km SW	675	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Foulain'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
Heilles	60	260 km NW	644	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Giou-de-Mamou	15	403 km SW	728	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-les-Bordes	77	168 km W	610	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Berru	51	158 km NW	627	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bourbach-le-Bas	68	141 km E	556	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vy-lès-Lure	70	102 km SE	704	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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