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Effry

Aisne · CC des Trois Rivières · INSEE 02275

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

No daily shops 16.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Effry (INSEE 02275) is in Aisne (02), part of CC des Trois Rivières. Population 307 (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/02275-effry

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 17,906 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 trend0.26102.64
Housing mix0.9554.76

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 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 606 2023: 307 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 343 (2012) → 307 (2023): -10.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 402 (1990) → 307 (2023): -23.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 164, of which 2.4 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.9 km SE (Origny-en-Thiérache)Food shop — 3.9 km SE (Origny-en-Thiérache)Pharmacy — 4.0 km SE (Origny-en-Thiérache)GP — 6.6 km E (Hirson)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km SEFood shop — 3.9 km SEPharmacy — 4.0 km SEGP — 6.6 km E 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 (Origny-en-Thiérache): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Origny-en-Thiérache): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Hirson): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Origny-en-Thiérache): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Effry): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the CLAIRFONTAINE weather station, 5 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 160 m. [11]

The village sits 65 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CLAIRFONTAINE, 5 km away at 225 m, over 12 summers. [11]

That station sits 65 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LA BOUTEILLE, 3.7 km away at 133 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02275/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02275/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02275/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02275/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02574
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02381
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02275
  11. 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
Haynecourt5967 km NW30715.4No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Agnan81713 km S30424.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
La Neuville-sur-Oudeuil60147 km W30120.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Grindorff-Bizing57192 km E31421.2Few servicesno figures
Emlingen68352 km SE30723.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Valescourt60122 km SW29519.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Haynecourt5967 km NW30715.4No daily shopsno figures
Valescourt60122 km SW29519.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuville-sur-Oudeuil60147 km W30120.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Grindorff-Bizing57192 km E31421.2Few servicesno figures
Emlingen68352 km SE30723.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Agnan81713 km S30424.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Effry'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
La Neuville-sur-Oudeuil60147 km W30120.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Valescourt60122 km SW29519.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Genvry6079 km SW31719.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Grandvillers-aux-Bois60112 km SW29720.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Briot60151 km W30220.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-d'Izeaux38524 km S30721.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %