Belleu

Aisne · CA GrandSoissons Agglomération · INSEE 02064

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Belleu (INSEE 02064) is in Aisne (02), part of CA GrandSoissons Agglomération. Population 3,659 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[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/02064-belleu

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 6,062 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.46	20	9.21
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.4	10	3.96
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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”.

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PANIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (FONTY). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (CACIO E PEPE · PIZZA ET COMPAGNIE · BRUNCH YOU). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE CHAMBELLAN). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PASTEUR - LES TOURNELLES). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE J VERNE - L LAGRANGE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN MERMOZ). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOEL PLASMANS, MÉDECIN · ALAIN MARTIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES GRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE PÉNÉLOPE BAGIEU). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (DOMAINE DE BEAUREGARD · COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN MERMOZ). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LUMINANCE COIFFURE · DELANNOY GHISLAINE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	PANIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	FONTY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	CACIO E PEPE · PIZZA ET COMPAGNIE · BRUNCH YOU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE CHAMBELLAN	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PASTEUR - LES TOURNELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE J VERNE - L LAGRANGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN MERMOZ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JOEL PLASMANS, MÉDECIN · ALAIN MARTIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES GRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE PÉNÉLOPE BAGIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	DOMAINE DE BEAUREGARD · COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN MERMOZ	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LUMINANCE COIFFURE · DELANNOY GHISLAINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 3,558 peak 1982: 4,263 2023: 3,659 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,848 (2012) → 3,659 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,083 (1990) → 3,659 (2023): -10.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,826, of which 1.4 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 1.2 km NFood shop — 1.3 km N 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 (Belleu): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Belleu): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Belleu): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Belleu): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 51

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BRAINE weather station, 13.9 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 66 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 13.9 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. ^[9]

An average of 734 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SOISSONS, 3.9 km away at 40 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02064/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02064/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02064/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02064/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02064
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
Annay	62	127 km N	4,571	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Dampmart	77	68 km SW	3,677	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Semeuse	08	110 km NE	3,615	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bellignat	01	387 km SE	3,525	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Clouange	57	200 km E	3,824	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Seichamps	54	225 km E	5,165	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dampmart	77	68 km SW	3,677	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Semeuse	08	110 km NE	3,615	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Annay	62	127 km N	4,571	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Clouange	57	200 km E	3,824	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Seichamps	54	225 km E	5,165	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bellignat	01	387 km SE	3,525	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · 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 Belleu'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
Villers-Semeuse	08	110 km NE	3,615	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Seichamps	54	225 km E	5,165	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chanteloup-en-Brie	77	71 km SW	4,130	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Auberchicourt	59	108 km N	4,626	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pompey	54	214 km E	4,780	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Varangéville	54	232 km E	3,536	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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