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Semilly

Haute-Marne · CC Meuse Rognon · INSEE 52468

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

No daily shops 9.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Semilly (INSEE 52468) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC Meuse Rognon. Population 94 (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/52468-semilly

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 10,013 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 trend0.34103.39
Housing mix0.9754.83

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 1 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]

1 × Hairdresser (VALERIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE). [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]
Hairdresser1VALERIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 172 2023: 94 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 100 (2012) → 94 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 112 (1990) → 94 (2023): -16.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 59, of which 1.7 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPharmacy — 3.6 km W (Saint-Blin)GP — 3.7 km W (Saint-Blin)Primary school — 4.1 km NE (Prez-sous-Lafauche)Food shop — 4.3 km NE (Prez-sous-Lafauche)Bakery — 6.4 km NW (Orquevaux)
Pharmacy — 3.6 km WGP — 3.7 km WPrimary school — 4.1 km NEFood shop — 4.3 km NEBakery — 6.4 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 (Orquevaux): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Prez-sous-Lafauche): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Blin): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Blin): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Prez-sous-Lafauche): 4.1 km to the north-east (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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BUSSON_SAPC weather station, 10.6 km away at 387 m; the village itself is at 353 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at BUSSON_SAPC, 10.6 km away at 387 m, over 23 summers. [11]

An average of 1,097 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at OZIERES, 9.4 km away at 411 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 — 52468/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52468/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52468/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52468/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52369
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52407
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 52444
  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
Barchain57121 km NE9410.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Suisse57114 km NE9412.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Braux-Sainte-Cohière51104 km NW9517.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cutting57121 km NE967.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Thièvres62301 km NW968.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Soize02189 km NW9510.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Braux-Sainte-Cohière51104 km NW9517.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Suisse57114 km NE9412.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cutting57121 km NE967.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Barchain57121 km NE9410.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Soize02189 km NW9510.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Thièvres62301 km NW968.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Semilly'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
Braux-Sainte-Cohière51104 km NW9517.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cutting57121 km NE967.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Soize02189 km NW9510.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Les Istres-et-Bury51129 km NW9213.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Maupas10104 km W9816No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Senoncourt-les-Maujouy5589 km N9813.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %