Semoutiers-Montsaon

Haute-Marne · CA de Chaumont · INSEE 52469

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Semoutiers-Montsaon (INSEE 52469) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA de Chaumont. Population 757 (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/52469-semoutiers-montsaon

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 15,991 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.82	10	8.23
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 1 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”.

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

2 × Restaurant (LA BOUTIQUE AUX VETEMENTS · BM TRUCKER'S). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (BIO-MOTEL 52). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	2	LA BOUTIQUE AUX VETEMENTS · BM TRUCKER'S	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE SEMOUTIERS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	BIO-MOTEL 52	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 396 peak 2012: 884 2023: 757 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 884 (2012) → 757 (2023): -14.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 572 (1990) → 757 (2023): 32.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 352, of which 0.6 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 7.0 km EPharmacy — 7.0 km NEFood shop — 7.2 km NEBakery — 7.4 km NE 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 (Chaumont): 7.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chaumont): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chaumont): 7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chaumont): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Semoutiers-Montsaon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.9

Days at or below 0 °C 76.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAUMONT-SEMOUTIERS weather station, 3.7 km away at 294 m; the village itself is at 317 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHAUMONT-SEMOUTIERS, 3.7 km away at 294 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 897 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHAUMONT-SEMOUTIERS, 3.7 km away at 294 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52469/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52469/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52469/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52469/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52121
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52469
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
Wargnies-le-Petit	59	268 km N	771	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Essegney	88	99 km E	747	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Aurensan	65	655 km SW	764	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Bourg-Beaudouin	27	312 km NW	741	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Téthieu	40	669 km SW	758	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %
Lantéfontaine	54	146 km NE	730	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Essegney	88	99 km E	747	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lantéfontaine	54	146 km NE	730	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Wargnies-le-Petit	59	268 km N	771	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Beaudouin	27	312 km NW	741	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Aurensan	65	655 km SW	764	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Téthieu	40	669 km SW	758	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Semoutiers-Montsaon'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
Essegney	88	99 km E	747	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lantéfontaine	54	146 km NE	730	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bettviller	57	198 km NE	815	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Hatrize	54	141 km NE	838	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny-lès-Vesoul	70	89 km SE	633	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Anjoutey	90	146 km E	611	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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