Camelin

Aisne · CC Picardie des Châteaux · INSEE 02140

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

Few services 21/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Camelin (INSEE 02140) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Picardie des Châteaux. Population 426 (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/02140-camelin

Vitality score

Vitality score 21/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 17,958 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.56	10	5.62
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CAMELIN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	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 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CAMELIN	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 334 peak 2017: 454 2023: 426 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 446 (2012) → 426 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 401 (1990) → 426 (2023): 6.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 6.8 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.3 km SEGP — 1.4 km EBakery — 1.6 km SEPharmacy — 1.7 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 (Blérancourt): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blérancourt): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Blérancourt): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Blérancourt): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Camelin): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAUNY weather station, 12.9 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 78 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHAUNY, 12.9 km away at 83 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 707 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BICHANCOURT, 8.1 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02140/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02140/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02140/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02140/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02140
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
Bousse	72	305 km SW	431	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Bénisson-Dieu	42	381 km S	429	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Chichery	89	183 km S	426	20	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Colombiers	18	317 km S	409	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Miribel-Lanchâtre	38	540 km S	445	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-la-Poterie	60	84 km W	439	20.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-la-Poterie	60	84 km W	439	20.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Chichery	89	183 km S	426	20	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bousse	72	305 km SW	431	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Colombiers	18	317 km S	409	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
La Bénisson-Dieu	42	381 km S	429	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Miribel-Lanchâtre	38	540 km S	445	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · 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 Camelin'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
Saint-Maudan	22	460 km W	399	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montagny-Sainte-Félicité	60	53 km SW	425	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Boulogne-la-Grasse	60	32 km W	472	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chézy-en-Orxois	02	45 km S	389	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sacé	53	318 km SW	472	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Allèves	74	474 km SE	397	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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