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Septsarges

Meuse · CC Argonne-Meuse · INSEE 55484

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

No daily shops 7.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Septsarges (INSEE 55484) is in Meuse (55), part of CC Argonne-Meuse. Population 47 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/55484-septsarges

Vitality score

Vitality score 7.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 4,377 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 mix0.6353.16

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 0 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]

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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 95 2023: 47 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 49 (2012) → 47 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 56 (1990) → 47 (2023): -16.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 38, of which 18.4 % second homes and 21.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 2.7 km W (Montfaucon-d'Argonne)GP — 2.7 km SW (Montfaucon-d'Argonne)Bakery — 5.6 km NE (Dannevoux)Food shop — 6.2 km N (Brieulles-sur-Meuse)Pharmacy — 10.8 km SW (Varennes-en-Argonne)
Primary school — 2.7 km WGP — 2.7 km SWBakery — 5.6 km NEFood shop — 6.2 km NPharmacy — 10.8 km SW 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 (Dannevoux): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Brieulles-sur-Meuse): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Montfaucon-d'Argonne): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Varennes-en-Argonne): 10.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Montfaucon-d'Argonne): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). [10]

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the SEPTSARGES weather station, 1 km away at 293 m; the village itself is at 248 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at SEPTSARGES, 1 km away at 293 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 935 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at SEPTSARGES, 1 km away at 293 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55484/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55484/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55484/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 55484/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55146
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55078
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55346
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 55527
  12. 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
Le Mémont25262 km SE4715.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers-lès-Aprey52170 km S479.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Tabaille-Usquain64806 km SW476.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Avelesges80243 km W488.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Chaserey10168 km SW457.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Malaincourt-sur-Meuse52129 km S475.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Malaincourt-sur-Meuse52129 km S475.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Chaserey10168 km SW457.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Villiers-lès-Aprey52170 km S479.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Avelesges80243 km W488.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mémont25262 km SE4715.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Tabaille-Usquain64806 km SW476.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 72 % · 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 Septsarges'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
Longmesnil76260 km W458.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Bellière76261 km W508.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Labastide-du-Haut-Mont46546 km SW445.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Arrancy02105 km W4510.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus5135 km W466.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cierges-sous-Montfaucon555.7 km W475.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %