Charpentry
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Charpentry (INSEE 55103) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Argonne-Meuse. Population 24 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 23 % of the 1,334 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.12 | 10 | 1.15 |
| Housing mix | 0.79 | 5 | 3.95 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 22 (2012) → 24 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 39 (1990) → 24 (2023): -38.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 19, of which 10.5 % second homes and 26.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cornay): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Apremont): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Varennes-en-Argonne): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Varennes-en-Argonne): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Varennes-en-Argonne): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the SEPTSARGES weather station, 9.2 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 171 m. [11]
The village sits 122 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at SEPTSARGES, 9.2 km away at 293 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 122 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 962 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VARENNES-EN-ARG, 4 km away at 180 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 — 55103/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55103/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55103/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55103/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 08131
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 08017
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 55527
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaugey | 21 | 168 km S | 24 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 % |
| Consolation-Maisonnettes | 25 | 261 km SE | 23 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lemmecourt | 88 | 122 km SE | 23 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rioms | 26 | 555 km S | 26 | 16 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champagny | 21 | 201 km S | 27 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montivernage | 25 | 239 km SE | 27 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemmecourt | 88 | 122 km SE | 23 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chaugey | 21 | 168 km S | 24 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 % |
| Champagny | 21 | 201 km S | 27 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montivernage | 25 | 239 km SE | 27 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| Consolation-Maisonnettes | 25 | 261 km SE | 23 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rioms | 26 | 555 km S | 26 | 16 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 19 % · 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 Charpentry'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ugny-l'Équipée | 80 | 155 km NW | 29 | 4.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boussey | 21 | 213 km S | 31 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lisle-en-Barrois | 55 | 41 km S | 27 | 3.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mondement-Montgivroux | 51 | 105 km SW | 29 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Courcelles-sur-Voire | 10 | 95 km S | 22 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montgru-Saint-Hilaire | 02 | 124 km W | 30 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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