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Assis-sur-Serre

Aisne · CC du Pays de la Serre · INSEE 02027

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

No daily shops 15.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Assis-sur-Serre (INSEE 02027) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Pays de la Serre. Population 209 (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/02027-assis-sur-serre

Vitality score

Vitality score 15.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 16,228 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.31103.13
Housing mix0.9854.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 308 2023: 209 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 264 (2012) → 209 (2023): -20.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 257 (1990) → 209 (2023): -18.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 105, of which 1 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.4 km E (Pouilly-sur-Serre)Food shop — 4.7 km E (Crécy-sur-Serre)GP — 4.7 km E (Crécy-sur-Serre)Pharmacy — 4.8 km E (Crécy-sur-Serre)
In the commune Bakery Primary school — 2.4 km EFood shop — 4.7 km EGP — 4.7 km EPharmacy — 4.8 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 (Assis-sur-Serre): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Crécy-sur-Serre): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Crécy-sur-Serre): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Crécy-sur-Serre): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Pouilly-sur-Serre): 2.4 km to the 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 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the POUILLY-SUR-SERRE weather station, 2.8 km away at 68 m; the village itself is at 64 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 10.8 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at POUILLY-SUR-SERRE, 2.8 km away at 68 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02027/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02027/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02027/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02027/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02027
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02237
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02617
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Printzheim67302 km E20918.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sault-Saint-Remy0852 km SE20720Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 88 %
Robersart5953 km N20119.7No daily shopsno figures
Letteguives27163 km W20919No daily shopsno figures
Avon-la-Pèze10144 km S21123.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Autrey54227 km SE19223.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sault-Saint-Remy0852 km SE20720Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 88 %
Robersart5953 km N20119.7No daily shopsno figures
Avon-la-Pèze10144 km S21123.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Letteguives27163 km W20919No daily shopsno figures
Autrey54227 km SE19223.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Printzheim67302 km E20918.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · 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 Assis-sur-Serre'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
Printzheim67302 km E20918.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Autrey54227 km SE19223.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Harmonville88215 km SE20821.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Maysel6098 km SW21115.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Favresse51137 km SE21720Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Schwoben68359 km SE22922.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %