La Bouteille

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02109

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

Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Bouteille (INSEE 02109) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 464 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,938 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.42	10	4.24
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE PASCAL). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE PASCAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA BOUTEILLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4]
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: 633 2023: 464 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 498 (2012) → 464 (2023): -6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 502 (1990) → 464 (2023): -7.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 237, of which 3.4 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km EBakery — 4.5 km SWPharmacy — 4.9 km NEGP — 5.5 km SW 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 (Vervins): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Bouteille): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vervins): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Origny-en-Thiérache): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Bouteille): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.6

Days at or below 0 °C 60.6

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FONTAINE-VV MAN weather station, 7.3 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 214 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 7.3 km away at 186 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA BOUTEILLE, 3.6 km away at 133 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02109/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02109/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02109/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02109/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02789
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02574
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
Castandet	40	748 km SW	425	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %
Caupenne	40	775 km SW	402	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 68 %
Cussay	37	393 km SW	571	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Courcelles-la-Forêt	72	372 km SW	397	21.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Bazoches-au-Houlme	61	327 km W	449	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Izé	53	361 km SW	464	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bazoches-au-Houlme	61	327 km W	449	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Izé	53	361 km SW	464	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Courcelles-la-Forêt	72	372 km SW	397	21.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Cussay	37	393 km SW	571	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Castandet	40	748 km SW	425	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 66 % · humidity 36 %
Caupenne	40	775 km SW	402	20.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 68 %

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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 La Bouteille'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
Courçais	03	394 km S	314	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Carlat	15	563 km S	393	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Eyrein	19	526 km S	514	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Champgenéteux	53	361 km SW	492	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaines	89	247 km S	459	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Loupfougères	53	357 km SW	408	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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