Liffol-le-Petit

Identity

Liffol-le-Petit (INSEE 52289) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC de l'Ouest Vosgien. Population 318 (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/52289-liffol-le-petit

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,908 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.

Services

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LIFFOL LE PETIT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LIFFOL-LE-PETIT). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 317 (2012) → 318 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 347 (1990) → 318 (2023): -8.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 170, of which 5.3 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Liffol-le-Grand): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Liffol-le-Petit): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Liffol-le-Grand): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Liffol-le-Grand): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Prez-sous-Lafauche): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BUSSON_SAPC weather station, 12.8 km away at 387 m; the village itself is at 318 m. ^[11]

The village sits 69 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BUSSON_SAPC, 12.8 km away at 387 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 69 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,032 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AILLIANVILLE, 6.3 km away at 422 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 — 52289/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52289/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52289/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52289/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88270
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52289
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52407
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024