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Rançonnières

Haute-Marne · CC du Grand Langres · INSEE 52415

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

No daily shops 9.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rançonnières (INSEE 52415) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC du Grand Langres. Population 127 (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/52415-ranconnieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 12,697 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 trend0.48104.77
Housing mix0.6753.33

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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 191 2023: 127 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 112 (2012) → 127 (2023): 13.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 130 (1990) → 127 (2023): -2.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 72, of which 16.7 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.2 km NE (Saulxures)GP — 8.3 km W (Neuilly-l'Évêque)Bakery — 8.5 km NW (Val-de-Meuse)Pharmacy — 8.6 km NW (Val-de-Meuse)Food shop — 9.8 km NW (Val-de-Meuse)
Primary school — 3.2 km NEGP — 8.3 km WBakery — 8.5 km NWPharmacy — 8.6 km NWFood shop — 9.8 km NW 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 (Val-de-Meuse): 8.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Val-de-Meuse): 9.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Neuilly-l'Évêque): 8.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Val-de-Meuse): 8.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saulxures): 3.2 km to the north-east (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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the NEUILLY-L'EVEQUE_SAPC weather station, 9.2 km away at 353 m; the village itself is at 361 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at IS-EN-BASSIGNY, 12.3 km away at 403 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 938 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at TERRE-NATALE, 6.1 km away at 370 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 — 52415/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52415/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52415/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52415/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52332
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52348
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52465
  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
Cramaille02211 km NW12711.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Épagne1096 km NW12612No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Civry-en-Montagne21101 km SW12515.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bizous65672 km SW12710.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Gercourt-et-Drillancourt55152 km N1257.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Lentilles1093 km NW1288.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lentilles1093 km NW1288.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Épagne1096 km NW12612No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Civry-en-Montagne21101 km SW12515.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Gercourt-et-Drillancourt55152 km N1257.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Cramaille02211 km NW12711.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Bizous65672 km SW12710.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Rançonnières'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
Civry-en-Montagne21101 km SW12515.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Rizaucourt-Buchey5264 km NW12910.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cussy-le-Châtel21113 km SW12410No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Fussey21106 km SW12515.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Aillevans7075 km SE1319.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mercey-sur-Saône7046 km S12711.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %