Mertrud
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mertrud (INSEE 52321) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC du Bassin de Joinville en Champagne. Population 183 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 9.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 11 % of the 15,401 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 | 0.38 | 10 | 3.84 |
| Housing mix | 0.81 | 5 | 4.07 |
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 190 (2012) → 183 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 207 (1990) → 183 (2023): -11.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 108, of which 9.3 % second homes and 12 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Wassy): 9.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sommevoire): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Sommevoire): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Doulevant-le-Château): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Sommevoire): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BLECOURT weather station, 13.8 km away at 348 m; the village itself is at 166 m. [11]
The village sits 182 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 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BLECOURT, 13.8 km away at 348 m, over 20 summers. [11]
That station sits 182 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 863 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BLUMERAY, 6.6 km away at 232 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 — 52321/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52321/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52321/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52321/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52550
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52479
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52178
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souvigné | 16 | 456 km SW | 182 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rocquencourt | 60 | 226 km NW | 184 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lignorelles | 89 | 106 km SW | 185 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Massanes | 30 | 493 km S | 184 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Château-d'Almenêches | 61 | 352 km W | 182 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rimboval | 62 | 313 km NW | 185 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lignorelles | 89 | 106 km SW | 185 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rocquencourt | 60 | 226 km NW | 184 | 15.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rimboval | 62 | 313 km NW | 185 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Château-d'Almenêches | 61 | 352 km W | 182 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Souvigné | 16 | 456 km SW | 182 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Massanes | 30 | 493 km S | 184 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Mertrud'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin-des-Monts | 72 | 319 km W | 178 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Concriers | 41 | 264 km W | 184 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sublaines | 37 | 318 km W | 176 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vallentigny | 10 | 23 km W | 188 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cilly | 02 | 165 km NW | 173 | 6.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Antist | 65 | 696 km SW | 189 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
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