La Fère

Aisne · CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère · INSEE 02304

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

Partly served 57.5/100 · confidence: low· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Fère (INSEE 02304) is in Aisne (02), part of CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère. Population 2,796 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02304-la-fere

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: low (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie); sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 84 % of the 7,563 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.81	20	16.21
Education	0.78	10	7.77
Health	0.7	10	7.04
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.45	10	4.54
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (M.MA BAGUETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (M.K.MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (LA PLANCHE GOURMANDE · COTE PATIO · AU RELAIS DE CHAMPAGNE · DELICE LA FEROIS · MONDIAL KEBAB). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE COURS CLOVIS · ECOL PRIM GROUPE SCOLAIRE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MOULIN). ^[3]

2 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE COURS CLOVIS · COLLEGE MARIE DE LUXEMBOURG). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-CHRISTOPHE GUILLET, MÉDECIN · LARBI AMROUNE, MÉDECIN · PATRICK PY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SEQUOIA · SELARL PHARMACIE DECOTTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA FERE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE DROUOT · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · AGENCE DE LA FERE · SOCIETE GENERALE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (RODRIGUES NATALIA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU MARAIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 3 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	M.MA BAGUETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	M.K.MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	LA PLANCHE GOURMANDE · COTE PATIO · AU RELAIS DE CHAMPAGNE · DELICE LA FEROIS · MONDIAL KEBAB	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE COURS CLOVIS · ECOL PRIM GROUPE SCOLAIRE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN MOULIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	2	ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE COURS CLOVIS · COLLEGE MARIE DE LUXEMBOURG	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	JEAN-CHRISTOPHE GUILLET, MÉDECIN · LARBI AMROUNE, MÉDECIN · PATRICK PY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE SEQUOIA · SELARL PHARMACIE DECOTTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 LA FERE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	ESPACE DROUOT · COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · AGENCE DE LA FERE · SOCIETE GENERALE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	7	RODRIGUES NATALIA	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU MARAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 3,703 2023: 2,796 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,982 (2012) → 2,796 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,930 (1990) → 2,796 (2023): -4.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,594, of which 2.3 % second homes and 19.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (La Fère): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Fère): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Fère): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Fère): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Fère): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CHAUNY weather station, 12.6 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 50 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at CHAUNY, 12.6 km away at 83 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at TERGNIER, 3.4 km away at 59 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02304/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02304/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02304/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02304/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02304
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
Ottange	57	193 km E	2,960	57	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 35 %
Proville	59	57 km N	3,206	35.1	Few services	no figures
Vals-près-le-Puy	43	516 km S	3,395	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Bonne	74	446 km SE	3,267	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Corbehem	62	78 km N	2,258	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Boigny-sur-Bionne	45	217 km SW	2,194	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Proville	59	57 km N	3,206	35.1	Few services	no figures
Corbehem	62	78 km N	2,258	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ottange	57	193 km E	2,960	57	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 35 %
Boigny-sur-Bionne	45	217 km SW	2,194	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Bonne	74	446 km SE	3,267	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Vals-près-le-Puy	43	516 km S	3,395	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %

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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 La Fère'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
Corbehem	62	78 km N	2,258	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Marpent	59	87 km NE	2,653	50	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Frelinghien	59	121 km N	2,609	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Rantigny	60	76 km SW	2,524	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Marœuil	62	88 km NW	2,422	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Houplin-Ancoisne	59	104 km N	3,326	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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