Erlon

Aisne · CC du Pays de la Serre · INSEE 02283

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

No daily shops 19.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Erlon (INSEE 02283) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Pays de la Serre. Population 278 (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 19.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,624 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.53	10	5.33
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

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 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[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

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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 224 peak 1999: 300 2023: 278 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 291 (2012) → 278 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 269 (1990) → 278 (2023): 3.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 127, of which 2.4 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km EPharmacy — 4.1 km EBakery — 4.2 km EGP — 4.2 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 (Marle): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marle): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Marle): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marle): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Erlon): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the POUILLY-SUR-SERRE weather station, 9.9 km away at 68 m; the village itself is at 82 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 16.6 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 857 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROGNY, 8.3 km away at 115 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 — 02283/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02283/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02283/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02283/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02468
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02283
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
Saint-Aubin	02	45 km SW	276	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Bécourt	62	163 km NW	280	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Mazinghien	59	37 km N	279	17.6	No daily shops	no figures
Fontaine-lès-Croisilles	62	79 km NW	273	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Casteide-Cami	64	772 km SW	274	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Tilly-sur-Meuse	55	149 km SE	272	20.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mazinghien	59	37 km N	279	17.6	No daily shops	no figures
Saint-Aubin	02	45 km SW	276	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-lès-Croisilles	62	79 km NW	273	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Tilly-sur-Meuse	55	149 km SE	272	20.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Bécourt	62	163 km NW	280	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Casteide-Cami	64	772 km SW	274	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · 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 Erlon'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
Buswiller	67	297 km E	281	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rainville	88	220 km SE	271	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pissy	80	115 km W	284	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jure	57	201 km SE	283	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Venouse	89	204 km S	288	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gungwiller	67	267 km E	284	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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