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Chacrise

Aisne · CC du Canton d'Oulchy-le-Château · INSEE 02154

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

Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chacrise (INSEE 02154) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Canton d'Oulchy-le-Château. Population 375 (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/02154-chacrise

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 18,072 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.67106.72
Housing mix0.954.48

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB LA VALLEE DE LA CRISE). [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, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB LA VALLEE DE LA CRISEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 288 2023: 375 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 326 (2012) → 375 (2023): 15 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 320 (1990) → 375 (2023): 17.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 5.2 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.7 km NE (Serches)Bakery — 4.8 km NW (Septmonts)GP — 7.1 km N (Venizel)Pharmacy — 7.1 km N (Venizel)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.7 km NEBakery — 4.8 km NWGP — 7.1 km NPharmacy — 7.1 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 (Septmonts): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Serches): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Venizel): 7.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Venizel): 7.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Chacrise): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

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 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the BRAINE weather station, 10.3 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 74 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 10.3 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. [12]

An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at PARCY-ET-TIGNY, 6 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

24 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 150,000 € — 1,285 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Aisne is 1,096 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [13]

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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02154/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02154/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02154/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02154/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02706
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02711
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02780
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02154
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bassevelle7743 km S37420Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot76202 km W37724.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Monnerville91146 km SW37618.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 88 %
Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine60112 km W37921.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Neufmoulin80141 km NW36818.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvray89158 km S36824.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bassevelle7743 km S37420Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine60112 km W37921.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Neufmoulin80141 km NW36818.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Monnerville91146 km SW37618.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 88 %
Rouvray89158 km S36824.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gilles-de-Crétot76202 km W37724.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Chacrise'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
Rouvray89158 km S36824.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Fromentières5151 km SE38224.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Beauchery-Saint-Martin7777 km S38419.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Litz6079 km W35920Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Dammard0223 km SW37816.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Grandrû6041 km NW37123.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %