Coucy-lès-Eppes

Aisne · CC de la Champagne Picarde · INSEE 02218

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coucy-lès-Eppes (INSEE 02218) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Champagne Picarde. Population 649 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 16,756 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.62	10	6.17
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PARADIS). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (COUCY LES EPPES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COUCY-LES-EPPES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE PARADIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	COUCY LES EPPES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COUCY-LES-EPPES	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 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: 555 2023: 649 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 597 (2012) → 649 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 581 (1990) → 649 (2023): 11.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 300, of which 3 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.5 km NWFood shop — 6.5 km WGP — 6.5 km WPharmacy — 6.5 km W 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 (Athies-sous-Laon): 6.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Athies-sous-Laon): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Athies-sous-Laon): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Athies-sous-Laon): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Coucy-lès-Eppes): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 62.4

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GIZY weather station, 5.4 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 101 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 12.4 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GIZY, 5.4 km away at 75 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 — 02218/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02218/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02218/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02218/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02218
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
Chevenon	58	295 km S	635	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bayet	03	369 km S	672	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Pommevic	82	643 km S	599	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %
Brévonnes	10	140 km S	673	31	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Gausson	22	496 km W	648	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Naujan-et-Postiac	33	608 km SW	599	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brévonnes	10	140 km S	673	31	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Chevenon	58	295 km S	635	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bayet	03	369 km S	672	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gausson	22	496 km W	648	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Naujan-et-Postiac	33	608 km SW	599	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Pommevic	82	643 km S	599	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 66 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Coucy-lès-Eppes'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
Yermenonville	28	192 km SW	621	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ormoy	89	178 km S	638	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Brueil-en-Vexin	78	153 km W	652	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bailleul-le-Soc	60	87 km W	645	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Charrin	58	307 km S	605	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Hanvoile	60	136 km W	654	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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