Roches-sur-Marne

Identity

Roches-sur-Marne (INSEE 52429) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA du Grand Saint-Dizier Der et Vallées. Population 582 (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/52429-roches-sur-marne

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 17,267 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

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

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS MADELEINE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 571 (2012) → 582 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 673 (1990) → 582 (2023): -13.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 287, of which 2.8 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ancerville): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chamouilley): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Eurville-Bienville): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cousances-les-Forges): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Chamouilley): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-DIZIER weather station, 10.3 km away at 139 m; the village itself is at 160 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-DIZIER, 10.3 km away at 139 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-DIZIER, 10.3 km away at 139 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

33 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 90,000 € — 873 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Haute-Marne is 833 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52429/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52429/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52429/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52429/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55010
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52099
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52194
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55132
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025