Villegusien-le-Lac

Haute-Marne · CC d'Auberive Vingeanne et Montsaugeonnais · INSEE 52529

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

Few services 31.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villegusien-le-Lac (INSEE 52529) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CC d'Auberive Vingeanne et Montsaugeonnais. Population 1,000 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 4 former communes: Heuilley-Cotton (52239), Piépape (52387), Prangey (52402), Saint-Michel (52454). ^[3]

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/52529-villegusien-le-lac

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 14,333 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.56	10	5.56
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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. ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DU LAC · RELAIS SAINT MICHEL). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (VILLEGUSIEN LE LAC HEUILLEY AP · VILLEGUSIEN LE LAC AP). ^[4]

2 × Library (POINT-LECTURE DE VILLEGUSIEN · BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'HEUILLEY-COTTON). ^[4]

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE AMENAGEE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'EMILIE). ^[4,5]

2 × Hotel (LE RELAIS DU LAC · RELAIS SAINT MICHEL). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU LAC). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	2	LE RELAIS DU LAC · RELAIS SAINT MICHEL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	VILLEGUSIEN LE LAC HEUILLEY AP · VILLEGUSIEN LE LAC AP	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	2	POINT-LECTURE DE VILLEGUSIEN · BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'HEUILLEY-COTTON	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	1	BAIGNADE AMENAGEE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	LES CISEAUX D'EMILIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	2	LE RELAIS DU LAC · RELAIS SAINT MICHEL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 926 peak 2017: 1,002 2023: 1,000 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 999 (2012) → 1,000 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 947 (1990) → 1,000 (2023): 5.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 604, of which 10.6 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km WGP — 2.2 km NFood shop — 3.1 km NBakery — 3.2 km NPharmacy — 3.3 km N 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 (Longeau-Percey): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Longeau-Percey): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Longeau-Percey): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Longeau-Percey): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Villegusien-le-Lac): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.5

Days at or below 0 °C 78.1

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COUBLANC weather station, 11.5 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 293 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LANGRES, 12 km away at 466 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 173 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 937 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLEGUSIEN, 0.6 km away at 296 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52529/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52529/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52529/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52529/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52292
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52529
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
Radenac	56	600 km W	1,066	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Melay	71	196 km SW	967	39	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent	43	308 km S	1,089	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Martiel	12	456 km SW	1,008	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Artonne	63	254 km SW	912	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Le Merzer	22	629 km W	986	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Melay	71	196 km SW	967	39	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Artonne	63	254 km SW	912	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent	43	308 km S	1,089	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Martiel	12	456 km SW	1,008	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Radenac	56	600 km W	1,066	34.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Le Merzer	22	629 km W	986	41.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 46 % · 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 Villegusien-le-Lac'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
Saint-Vincent	43	308 km S	1,089	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Chaudenay	71	100 km SW	1,116	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Espinasse-Vozelle	03	234 km SW	995	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Verzé	71	158 km S	875	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pajay	38	264 km S	1,036	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Luzillat	63	247 km SW	1,163	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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