Sarrey
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sarrey (INSEE 52461) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC du Grand Langres. Population 363 (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/52461-sarrey
Vitality score
Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 94 % of the 18,039 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 | 0.53 | 25 | 13.19 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.6 | 10 | 5.97 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.73 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MULTISERVICES DE SARREY · ETAPE CONCIERGERIE · AU PANIER DES SARREYENS). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SARREY AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | MULTISERVICES DE SARREY · ETAPE CONCIERGERIE · AU PANIER DES SARREYENS | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | SARREY AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 378 (2012) → 363 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 331 (1990) → 363 (2023): 9.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 2.7 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Val-de-Meuse): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sarrey): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Val-de-Meuse): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Val-de-Meuse): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Sarrey): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the IS-EN-BASSIGNY weather station, 3 km away at 403 m; the village itself is at 351 m. [10]
The village sits 52 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 IS-EN-BASSIGNY, 3 km away at 403 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 52 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 866 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at IS-EN-BASSIGNY, 3 km away at 403 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52461/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52461/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52461/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52461/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52332
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 52461
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villars-sous-Dampjoux | 25 | 123 km SE | 350 | 36.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marsan | 32 | 605 km SW | 461 | 41.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 % |
| Ménil-sur-Belvitte | 88 | 103 km NE | 288 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verzeille | 11 | 594 km SW | 456 | 41.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 39 % · humidity 36 % |
| Girecourt-sur-Durbion | 88 | 91 km E | 350 | 33.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Symphorien-des-Bois | 71 | 205 km SW | 421 | 35.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girecourt-sur-Durbion | 88 | 91 km E | 350 | 33.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ménil-sur-Belvitte | 88 | 103 km NE | 288 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villars-sous-Dampjoux | 25 | 123 km SE | 350 | 36.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Symphorien-des-Bois | 71 | 205 km SW | 421 | 35.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verzeille | 11 | 594 km SW | 456 | 41.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 39 % · humidity 36 % |
| Marsan | 32 | 605 km SW | 461 | 41.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · 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 Sarrey'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ménil-sur-Belvitte | 88 | 103 km NE | 288 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nouvion-et-Catillon | 02 | 236 km NW | 527 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mouthier-Haute-Pierre | 25 | 125 km SE | 363 | 32.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laneuville-sur-Meuse | 55 | 167 km N | 432 | 29.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Maurice-sous-les-Côtes | 55 | 114 km N | 371 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Poulangy | 52 | 14 km W | 361 | 20.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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