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Arcy-Sainte-Restitue

Aisne · CC du Canton d'Oulchy-le-Château · INSEE 02022

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

No daily shops 12.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arcy-Sainte-Restitue (INSEE 02022) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Canton d'Oulchy-le-Château. Population 396 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/02022-arcy-sainte-restitue

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 18,004 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 trend0.71107.07
Housing mix0.7253.6

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (PURE COIFFURE). [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]
Hairdresser1PURE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 481 2023: 396 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 414 (2012) → 396 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 328 (1990) → 396 (2023): 20.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 222, of which 14 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 5.1 km NE (Cuiry-Housse)Food shop — 5.5 km SE (Saponay)Pharmacy — 6.8 km SE (Fère-en-Tardenois)Bakery — 7.0 km SE (Fère-en-Tardenois)GP — 7.3 km SE (Fère-en-Tardenois)
Primary school — 5.1 km NEFood shop — 5.5 km SEPharmacy — 6.8 km SEBakery — 7.0 km SEGP — 7.3 km SE 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 (Fère-en-Tardenois): 7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saponay): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Fère-en-Tardenois): 7.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Fère-en-Tardenois): 6.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Cuiry-Housse): 5.1 km to the north-east (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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the OULCHY-LE-CHATE weather station, 6 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 134 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 11.8 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. [11]

That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 755 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ARCY-STE-RESTIT, 3.1 km away at 104 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

43 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 132,500 € — 1,206 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Aisne is 1,096 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02022/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02022/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02022/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02022/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02305
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02699
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02249
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Thaims17515 km SW39616No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
La Chapelle-Bayvel27222 km W38716No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Puiseux-en-Bray60123 km W39816.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chanteloup50363 km W40716.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Laburgade46561 km S37916No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Quinsac24473 km SW3819No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Puiseux-en-Bray60123 km W39816.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Bayvel27222 km W38716No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chanteloup50363 km W40716.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Quinsac24473 km SW3819No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Thaims17515 km SW39616No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Laburgade46561 km S37916No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Arcy-Sainte-Restitue'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
La Chapelle-Bayvel27222 km W38716No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Puiseux-en-Bray60123 km W39816.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vaumain60116 km W40115No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Jaudrais28187 km SW39616.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Prêtreville14235 km W39112.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Essises0233 km S39913.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %