Villiers-le-Sec

Haute-Marne · CA de Chaumont · INSEE 52535

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

Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villiers-le-Sec (INSEE 52535) is in Haute-Marne (52), part of CA de Chaumont. Population 710 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/52535-villiers-le-sec

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 16,370 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.74	10	7.39
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

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 1 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”.

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

2 × Restaurant (LA FLAMBEE · A LA BONNE FRITE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLIERS LE SEC AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SUBLIM'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 FLAMBEE · A LA BONNE FRITE	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 PUBLIQUE	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	VILLIERS LE SEC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	SUBLIM'HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 413 peak 2012: 715 2023: 710 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 715 (2012) → 710 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 573 (1990) → 710 (2023): 23.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 325, of which 1.2 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.8 km EBakery — 5.0 km EGP — 5.2 km EPharmacy — 5.2 km E 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): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chaumont): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chaumont): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chaumont): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villiers-le-Sec): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.4

Days at or below 0 °C 83.8

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLIERS-LE-SEC weather station, 0.2 km away at 287 m; the village itself is at 288 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHAUMONT-SEMOUTIERS, 2.3 km away at 294 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 997 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLIERS-LE-SEC, 0.2 km away at 287 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 — 52535/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52535/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52535/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 52535/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52121
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52535
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
Vernéville	57	134 km NE	715	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Viterne	54	89 km NE	738	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
La Grandville	08	187 km N	753	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Louvemont	52	51 km N	694	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Preixan	11	593 km S	637	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 14 % · humidity 36 %
Salmbach	67	242 km NE	585	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Louvemont	52	51 km N	694	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Viterne	54	89 km NE	738	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Vernéville	57	134 km NE	715	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
La Grandville	08	187 km N	753	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Salmbach	67	242 km NE	585	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Preixan	11	593 km S	637	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 14 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Villiers-le-Sec'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
Wittring	57	186 km NE	736	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Griesbach-au-Val	68	157 km E	678	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Michelbach-le-Haut	68	187 km E	636	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Millery	54	111 km NE	599	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gosselming	57	162 km NE	572	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lixheim	57	170 km NE	552	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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