Germaines
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 11.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Germaines (INSEE 52216) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC d'Auberive Vingeanne et Montsaugeonnais. Population 47 (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 11.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 53 % of the 4,377 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 | 0.54 | 10 | 5.44 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.12 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| 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 [3,4] | |
| 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 31 (2012) → 47 (2023): 51.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 45 (1990) → 47 (2023): 4.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 34, of which 8.8 % second homes and 32.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Loup-sur-Aujon): 11.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rouvres-sur-Aube): 7.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Auberive): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Auberive): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Auberive): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the AUBERIVE_SAPC weather station, 2.3 km away at 349 m; the village itself is at 357 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AUBERIVE_SAPC, 2.3 km away at 349 m, over 23 summers. [11]
An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at AUBERIVE_SAPC, 2.3 km away at 349 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52216/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52216/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52216/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52216/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52450
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52439
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52023
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marizy-Saint-Mard | 02 | 203 km NW | 47 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brocourt-en-Argonne | 55 | 147 km N | 46 | 8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chambroncourt | 52 | 68 km NE | 48 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ménil-aux-Bois | 55 | 116 km N | 48 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lamadeleine-Val-des-Anges | 90 | 141 km E | 46 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Saturnin | 51 | 123 km NW | 47 | 8.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambroncourt | 52 | 68 km NE | 48 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ménil-aux-Bois | 55 | 116 km N | 48 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Saturnin | 51 | 123 km NW | 47 | 8.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Lamadeleine-Val-des-Anges | 90 | 141 km E | 46 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brocourt-en-Argonne | 55 | 147 km N | 46 | 8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marizy-Saint-Mard | 02 | 203 km NW | 47 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Germaines'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-la-Combe | 25 | 124 km SE | 49 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vaillant | 52 | 13 km SE | 46 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Abergement-lès-Thésy | 39 | 119 km SE | 46 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villiers-lès-Aprey | 52 | 15 km E | 47 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brechainville | 88 | 72 km NE | 55 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Orgeans-Blanchefontaine | 25 | 142 km SE | 41 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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