Ambleny

Aisne · CC Retz en Valois · INSEE 02011

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 33.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambleny (INSEE 02011) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Retz en Valois. Population 1,205 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 13,191 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.58	10	5.77
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DHOURY). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE LIONCEAU D'OR). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JACQUES HAXAIRE, MÉDECIN · FRANCK WILMART, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D AMBLENY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AMBLENY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ONEZIME HENIN MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DHOURY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LE LIONCEAU D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 / 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)	2	JACQUES HAXAIRE, MÉDECIN · FRANCK WILMART, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D AMBLENY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	AMBLENY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ONEZIME HENIN MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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]
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: 889 2023: 1,205 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,137 (2012) → 1,205 (2023): 6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,119 (1990) → 1,205 (2023): 7.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 568, of which 3.3 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 5.3 km W 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 (Ambleny): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ressons-le-Long): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambleny): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ambleny): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ambleny): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 46.9

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 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TAILLEFONTAINE weather station, 12.6 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[10]

The village sits 86 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

An average of 730 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RESSONS LE LONG, 2.7 km away at 133 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 — 02011/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02011/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02011/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02011/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02643
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
Juniville	08	87 km E	1,224	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %
Oisy-le-Verger	62	97 km N	1,213	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Villepinte	11	683 km S	1,243	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 59 %
Lamarque	33	560 km SW	1,335	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Marcorignan	11	685 km S	1,333	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 46 %
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay	33	559 km SW	1,395	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Juniville	08	87 km E	1,224	44.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %
Oisy-le-Verger	62	97 km N	1,213	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay	33	559 km SW	1,395	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 80 %
Lamarque	33	560 km SW	1,335	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 65 %
Villepinte	11	683 km S	1,243	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 59 %
Marcorignan	11	685 km S	1,333	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 46 %

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