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Fronville

Haute-Marne · CC du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne · INSEE 52212

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

No daily shops 12.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fronville (INSEE 52212) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne. Population 296 (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/52212-fronville

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 17,802 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 trend0.56105.57
Housing mix0.9454.7

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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 238 peak 2012: 336 2023: 296 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 336 (2012) → 296 (2023): -11.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 280 (1990) → 296 (2023): 5.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 164, of which 3 % second homes and 15.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 4.1 km N (Joinville)GP — 4.2 km N (Joinville)Bakery — 4.3 km N (Joinville)Food shop — 4.4 km N (Joinville)Pharmacy — 4.4 km N (Joinville)
Primary school — 4.1 km NGP — 4.2 km NBakery — 4.3 km NFood shop — 4.4 km NPharmacy — 4.4 km N 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 (Joinville): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Joinville): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Joinville): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Joinville): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Joinville): 4.1 km to the north (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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the BLECOURT weather station, 6.8 km away at 348 m; the village itself is at 194 m. [9]

The village sits 154 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. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at BLECOURT, 6.8 km away at 348 m, over 20 summers. [9]

That station sits 154 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 929 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-URBAIN, 1.9 km away at 220 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52212/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52212/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52212/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52212/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52250
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
La Malachère70126 km SE29717.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Chis65689 km SW29716.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
Crastatt67170 km E29717.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sains-lès-Pernes62307 km NW29415.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Ricquebourg60217 km NW29817.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chauffours28281 km W29213.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Malachère70126 km SE29717.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Crastatt67170 km E29717.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ricquebourg60217 km NW29817.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chauffours28281 km W29213.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sains-lès-Pernes62307 km NW29415.3No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Chis65689 km SW29716.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Fronville'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
Crastatt67170 km E29717.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chauffours28281 km W29213.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Littenheim67176 km E29713.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Moussé35479 km W29317.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pierreville5473 km E29912.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Aizy-Jouy02166 km NW30615.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %