Saint-Ciergues

Identity

Saint-Ciergues (INSEE 52447) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC du Grand Langres. Population 173 (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/52447-saint-ciergues

Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 15,096 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

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

1 × Restaurant (EURL L'AUBERGE DU LAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 179 (2012) → 173 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 178 (1990) → 173 (2023): -2.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 134, of which 23.1 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Langres): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Langres): 5.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Langres): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Langres): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Ciergues): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LANGRES weather station, 7.6 km away at 466 m; the village itself is at 383 m. ^[10]

The village sits 83 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LANGRES, 7.6 km away at 466 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 83 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 978 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-CIERGUES, 0.5 km away at 359 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

17 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 84,000 € — 1,258 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Haute-Marne is 833 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

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 — 52447/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52447/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52447/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52447/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52269
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52447
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025