Aulnois-sous-Laon
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 27/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Aulnois-sous-Laon (INSEE 02037) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Pays de Laon. Population 1,348 (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 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 14 % of the 12,371 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.68 | 10 | 6.76 |
| Housing mix | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELICES ET GOURMANDISES). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DES AULNES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE AULNOIS-SOUS-LAON). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (AN'VI DE COIFFURE · CORALIEBEAUTYHAIR). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | DELICES ET GOURMANDISES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE DES AULNES | 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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE AULNOIS-SOUS-LAON | 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 | 2 | AN'VI DE COIFFURE · CORALIEBEAUTYHAIR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 1,367 (2012) → 1,348 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,146 (1990) → 1,348 (2023): 17.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 584, of which 0 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Aulnois-sous-Laon): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Besny-et-Loizy): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Laon): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Aulnois-sous-Laon): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Aulnois-sous-Laon): 0.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the AULNOIS-SS-LAON weather station, 2.2 km away at 78 m; the village itself is at 74 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 2.2 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 690 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 2.2 km away at 78 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
55 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 130,000 € — 1,177 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Aisne is 1,096 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02037/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02037/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02037/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02037/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02037
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02080
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02408
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulon-la-Chapelle | 21 | 289 km SE | 1,031 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hundling | 57 | 251 km E | 1,339 | 37.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marcelcave | 80 | 78 km W | 1,302 | 37.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Marcel | 01 | 421 km S | 1,340 | 28.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montigné-le-Brillant | 53 | 370 km SW | 1,366 | 31.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Commer | 53 | 344 km SW | 1,286 | 25.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelcave | 80 | 78 km W | 1,302 | 37.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hundling | 57 | 251 km E | 1,339 | 37.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saulon-la-Chapelle | 21 | 289 km SE | 1,031 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Commer | 53 | 344 km SW | 1,286 | 25.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 97 % |
| Montigné-le-Brillant | 53 | 370 km SW | 1,366 | 31.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Marcel | 01 | 421 km S | 1,340 | 28.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · 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 Aulnois-sous-Laon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelcave | 80 | 78 km W | 1,302 | 37.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Courcy | 51 | 44 km SE | 1,240 | 30.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Étrœungt | 59 | 55 km NE | 1,233 | 28.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Willgottheim | 67 | 303 km E | 1,057 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Écourt-Saint-Quentin | 62 | 80 km NW | 1,706 | 37.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beauquesne | 80 | 101 km NW | 1,352 | 35.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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