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Humbécourt

Haute-Marne · CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées · INSEE 52244

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Humbécourt (INSEE 52244) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées. Population 761 (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/52244-humbecourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 15,941 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.68106.84
Housing mix0.9754.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL D'HUMBECOURT). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (VANESSA COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LE SALON DE LEA). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE FOURNIL D'HUMBECOURTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser3VANESSA COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LE SALON DE LEAINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 417 peak 2012: 803 2023: 761 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 803 (2012) → 761 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 643 (1990) → 761 (2023): 18.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 318, of which 1.6 % second homes and 1.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 0.5 km SE (Humbécourt)Food shop — 1.9 km W (Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière)Pharmacy — 2.6 km W (Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière)GP — 6.2 km NE (Saint-Dizier)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km SEFood shop — 1.9 km WPharmacy — 2.6 km WGP — 6.2 km NE 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 (Humbécourt): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Dizier): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Éclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Livière): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Humbécourt): 0.1 km to the south (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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the ST-DIZIER weather station, 5.3 km away at 139 m; the village itself is at 142 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ST-DIZIER, 5.3 km away at 139 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 902 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LOUVEMONT - MAN, 2.7 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52244/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52244/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52244/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52244/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52244
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52182
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52448
  11. 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
Hennezis27260 km W74432.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Canappeville27285 km W69735.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Moon-sur-Elle50440 km W78131.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 65 %
Plesder35503 km W79037.8Few servicesno figures
Montrelais44456 km W85937.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Alluyes28264 km W75635.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hennezis27260 km W74432.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Alluyes28264 km W75635.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Canappeville27285 km W69735.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Moon-sur-Elle50440 km W78131.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 65 %
Montrelais44456 km W85937.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Plesder35503 km W79037.8Few servicesno figures

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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 Humbécourt'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
Alluyes28264 km W75635.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-aux-Amognes58211 km SW62135.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Échenon21166 km S76326.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Boulay37319 km W81031.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Villemoyenne1067 km SW73030.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montcet01264 km S70931Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %