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Craonnelle

Aisne · CC du Chemin des Dames · INSEE 02235

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Craonnelle (INSEE 02235) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Chemin des Dames. Population 119 (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/02235-craonnelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 12,100 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.73107.27
Housing mix0.7853.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 89 2023: 119 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 108 (2012) → 119 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 97 (1990) → 119 (2023): 22.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 64, of which 10.9 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 1.6 km NE (Craonne)Food shop — 4.7 km SW (Beaurieux)Primary school — 4.8 km SE (Pontavert)GP — 5.1 km NE (Corbeny)Pharmacy — 5.1 km NE (Corbeny)
Bakery — 1.6 km NEFood shop — 4.7 km SWPrimary school — 4.8 km SEGP — 5.1 km NEPharmacy — 5.1 km NE 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 (Craonne): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Beaurieux): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Corbeny): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Corbeny): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Pontavert): 4.8 km to the south-east (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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the MARTIGNY-COURPI weather station, 8.2 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 93 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 19.7 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. [12]

An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at BEAURIEUX, 5.3 km away at 56 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02235/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02235/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02235/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02235/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02234
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02058
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02215
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02613
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bouquemont55132 km E11912.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Bessey-en-Chaume21271 km S11914.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bannes53343 km SW1199.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Aincille64796 km SW11711.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
Longchamps-sur-Aire55126 km SE1219.5No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bessé16475 km SW1209.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Longchamps-sur-Aire55126 km SE1219.5No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bouquemont55132 km E11912.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Bessey-en-Chaume21271 km S11914.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bannes53343 km SW1199.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Bessé16475 km SW1209.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Aincille64796 km SW11711.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Craonnelle'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
Bessey-en-Chaume21271 km S11914.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Loison55134 km E11614.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Blaisy-Haut21241 km S12313No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saulx-lès-Champlon55142 km E11610.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Jumencourt0231 km W12011.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cesse55101 km E1197.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %