Crécy-sur-Serre

Aisne · CC du Pays de la Serre · INSEE 02237

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

Partly served 53.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Crécy-sur-Serre (INSEE 02237) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Pays de la Serre. Population 1,472 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/02237-crecy-sur-serre

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 11,791 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	0.42	25	10.48
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.45	10	4.55
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MIGRENNE MARIKA · BOULANGERIE LACOMBE · LA BOULANGERIE DE CRECY-SUR-SERRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LA PECHE DE BOULOGNE SUR MER). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (KARAGOZ ENVER · NAPOLI PIZZA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA TOUR DE CRECY · ELDORADO). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE CHARLES BRAZIER). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MARIE TILLY, MÉDECIN · HAMID SAAD, MÉDECIN · YAMINE SAANOUN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE DE LA TOUR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CRECY SUR SERRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF LA HALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (TECHNI-COIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (AU DOMAINE DU PRE DIEU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	MIGRENNE MARIKA · BOULANGERIE LACOMBE · LA BOULANGERIE DE CRECY-SUR-SERRE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	LA PECHE DE BOULOGNE SUR MER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	KARAGOZ ENVER · NAPOLI PIZZA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA TOUR DE CRECY · ELDORADO	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE CHARLES BRAZIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	JEAN-MARIE TILLY, MÉDECIN · HAMID SAAD, MÉDECIN · YAMINE SAANOUN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELAS PHARMACIE DE LA TOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE CRECY SUR SERRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF LA HALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	TECHNI-COIFF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	AU DOMAINE DU PRE DIEU	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 1,598 peak 1982: 1,700 2023: 1,472 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,475 (2012) → 1,472 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,542 (1990) → 1,472 (2023): -4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 691, of which 1.3 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.5 km S 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 (Crécy-sur-Serre): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Crécy-sur-Serre): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Crécy-sur-Serre): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Crécy-sur-Serre): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Crécy-sur-Serre): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.5

Days at or below 0 °C 57.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the POUILLY-SUR-SERRE weather station, 2.4 km away at 68 m; the village itself is at 66 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 11.2 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at POUILLY-SUR-SERRE, 2.4 km away at 68 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02237
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
Cormicy	51	41 km SE	1,500	53.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Finhan	82	669 km S	1,471	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Dieue-sur-Meuse	55	148 km SE	1,442	45.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Marseille-en-Beauvaisis	60	121 km W	1,409	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Soumoulou	64	772 km SW	1,583	61.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 %
Cirey-sur-Vezouze	54	272 km SE	1,555	40.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cormicy	51	41 km SE	1,500	53.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Marseille-en-Beauvaisis	60	121 km W	1,409	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Dieue-sur-Meuse	55	148 km SE	1,442	45.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Cirey-sur-Vezouze	54	272 km SE	1,555	40.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Finhan	82	669 km S	1,471	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Soumoulou	64	772 km SW	1,583	61.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Crécy-sur-Serre'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
Marseille-en-Beauvaisis	60	121 km W	1,409	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-la-Guyon	28	216 km SW	1,684	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt	02	25 km SE	1,697	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Féchain	59	70 km NW	1,635	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ribemont	02	16 km NW	1,931	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Flesselles	80	103 km W	1,937	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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