Essigny-le-Grand

Aisne · CC du Val de l'Oise · INSEE 02287

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Essigny-le-Grand (INSEE 02287) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Val de l'Oise. Population 1,072 (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/02287-essigny-le-grand

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 13,909 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.36	10	3.56
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (QUENTIN ET EMELINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DANJOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ESSIGNY LE GRAND AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE D'ESSIGNY LE GRAND). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ART'MT). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	QUENTIN ET EMELINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	DANJOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ESSIGNY LE GRAND AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE D'ESSIGNY LE GRAND	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	2	ART'MT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 725 peak 1990: 1,252 2023: 1,072 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,086 (2012) → 1,072 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,252 (1990) → 1,072 (2023): -14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 519, of which 1.2 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.7 km WPharmacy — 4.9 km SWGP — 6.0 km N 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 (Essigny-le-Grand): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Seraucourt-le-Grand): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gauchy): 6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montescourt-Lizerolles): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Essigny-le-Grand): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 61.7

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CLASTRES weather station, 5 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST QUENTIN, 6.9 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 732 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CLASTRES, 5 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02287/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02287/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02287/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02287/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02287
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02710
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02340
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02504
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
La Ronde	17	492 km SW	997	56.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 55 %
Ferrette	68	391 km SE	864	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Willgottheim	67	331 km E	1,057	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Marquion	62	50 km N	1,039	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
La Frette	38	512 km S	1,083	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Dammartin-en-Serve	78	154 km SW	1,441	42	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marquion	62	50 km N	1,039	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Dammartin-en-Serve	78	154 km SW	1,441	42	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Willgottheim	67	331 km E	1,057	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ferrette	68	391 km SE	864	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Ronde	17	492 km SW	997	56.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 55 %
La Frette	38	512 km S	1,083	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Essigny-le-Grand'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
Ferrette	68	391 km SE	864	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Willgottheim	67	331 km E	1,057	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sivry-Courtry	77	144 km S	1,124	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Lautenbach	68	350 km SE	1,544	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montescourt-Lizerolles	02	4.5 km S	1,606	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuville-en-Hez	60	80 km SW	961	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02287-essigny-le-grand