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Maisoncelles

Haute-Marne · CC Meuse Rognon · INSEE 52301

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

No daily shops 8.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maisoncelles (INSEE 52301) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC Meuse Rognon. Population 53 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/52301-maisoncelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 5,200 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 trend0.33103.28
Housing mix0.7653.79

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: 87 2023: 53 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 55 (2012) → 53 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 64 (1990) → 53 (2023): -17.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 33, of which 12.1 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.2 km S (Clefmont)GP — 7.4 km SE (Breuvannes-en-Bassigny)Bakery — 7.5 km SE (Breuvannes-en-Bassigny)Pharmacy — 8.4 km NE (Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon)Food shop — 8.5 km NE (Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon)
Primary school — 4.2 km SGP — 7.4 km SEBakery — 7.5 km SEPharmacy — 8.4 km NEFood shop — 8.5 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 (Breuvannes-en-Bassigny): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon): 8.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Breuvannes-en-Bassigny): 7.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon): 8.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Clefmont): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 81 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the VAL-DE-MEUSE weather station, 13.1 km away at 380 m; the village itself is at 368 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at IS-EN-BASSIGNY, 13.5 km away at 403 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 1,097 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at OZIERES, 6.3 km away at 411 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 — 52301/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52301/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52301/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52301/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52074
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52064
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52132
  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
Theuville95278 km NW539.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-en-Dieulet08155 km N537.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Pasilly89119 km SW5415No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Maumusson82589 km SW5110.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 36 %
Quincy-Basse02220 km NW539.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Lassicourt1084 km NW557.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lassicourt1084 km NW557.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Pasilly89119 km SW5415No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vaux-en-Dieulet08155 km N537.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Quincy-Basse02220 km NW539.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Theuville95278 km NW539.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Maumusson82589 km SW5110.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 36 %

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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 Maisoncelles'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
Chazelles-sur-Albe54105 km NE5010.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Veney54102 km E4912.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Thomirey21137 km SW5610.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Dommartin-la-Montagne55100 km N5110.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vauxbons5239 km SW5510.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bassoncourt527.6 km S628No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %