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La Porte du Der

Haute-Marne · CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées · INSEE 52331

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

Served 61/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Porte du Der (INSEE 52331) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées. Population 2,099 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Robert-Magny (52427). [3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/52331-la-porte-du-der

Vitality score

Vitality score 61/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 9,287 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 food0.62515.02
Social0.672013.44
Education0.63106.32
Health0.59105.85
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.46104.57
Housing mix0.9354.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 1 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. [4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA RONDE DES PAINS). [4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL PETIT HERVE). [4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [4,5]

3 × Supermarket (LIDL · INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE). [4,5]

6 × Restaurant (CAFE PARISIEN · LE TORO BLEU · LE BONHEUR DES GOURMANDS · DUNKPOW · EURL LAURENTIN). [4,5]

1 × Café / bar. [5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN RENOIR). [4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANIEL PAOLUCCI, MÉDECIN · MARIANA PRIMETE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BELL, MÉDECIN). [4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU DER). [4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE JUDITH MAGRE). [4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COSEC · GYMNASE FONDATION LUCY LEBON). [4]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · BANQUE CIC EST). [4]

4 × Hairdresser (LE GLOBE · SONIA COIFFURE). [4,5]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4]

2 × Hotel (LE DERVOIS · LE TORO BLEU). [4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2LA RONDE DES PAINSINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)1SARL PETIT HERVEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Supermarket3LIDL · INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant6CAFE PARISIEN · LE TORO BLEU · LE BONHEUR DES GOURMANDS · DUNKPOW · EURL LAURENTININSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [4,5]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège1COLLEGE JEAN RENOIRINSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)3DANIEL PAOLUCCI, MÉDECIN · MARIANA PRIMETE, MÉDECIN · JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BELL, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DU DERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE JUDITH MAGREINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall2COSEC · GYMNASE FONDATION LUCY LEBONINSEE BPE 2 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank2CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · BANQUE CIC ESTINSEE BPE 2 [4]
Hairdresser4LE GLOBE · SONIA COIFFUREINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel2LE DERVOIS · LE TORO BLEUINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,346 peak 2012: 2,352 2023: 2,099 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,352 (2012) → 2,099 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 2,194 (1990) → 2,099 (2023): -4.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,213, of which 3.6 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (La Porte du Der): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Food shop (La Porte du Der): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (La Porte du Der): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (La Porte du Der): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (La Porte du Der): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the DROYES weather station, 6.2 km away at 124 m; the village itself is at 129 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at DROYES, 6.2 km away at 124 m, over 20 summers. [10]

An average of 807 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at DROYES, 6.2 km away at 124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52331/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52331/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52331/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52331/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52331
  10. 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
Montmédy55124 km N2,05263.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Formerie60257 km NW2,09763.7ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Germain-Lembron63355 km S2,03161.5ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Mirebeau86392 km SW2,14358.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Roche-lez-Beaupré25167 km SE2,15859.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Orchamps-Vennes25199 km SE2,18959.9Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 18 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montmédy55124 km N2,05263.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Roche-lez-Beaupré25167 km SE2,15859.6Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 %
Orchamps-Vennes25199 km SE2,18959.9Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 18 % · humidity 79 %
Formerie60257 km NW2,09763.7ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Germain-Lembron63355 km S2,03161.5ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Mirebeau86392 km SW2,14358.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · 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 La Porte du Der'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
Montmédy55124 km N2,05263.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Mirebeau86392 km SW2,14358.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Fère-Champenoise5165 km NW2,17360.3ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saulieu21139 km S2,21666.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Septeuil78232 km W2,26459.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rebais77120 km W2,29462.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %