Fère-en-Tardenois

Aisne · CA de la Région de Château-Thierry · INSEE 02305

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

Partly served 59.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fère-en-Tardenois (INSEE 02305) is in Aisne (02), part of CA de la Région de Château-Thierry. Population 2,836 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02305-fere-en-tardenois

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 7,458 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	10.54
Social	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.4	10	3.95
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 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 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EURL KASPRZAK STEPHANE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (SOFERDIS · PESLIER). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · LES ETANGS DU MOULIN DE ROLLEQUIN · HAPPY GRILL · JOCO PIZZAS · LE CAMION AFFAME). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (BAR LE CONNETABLE · LA TAVERNE · CAFE DU COMMERCE · LE REINITAS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB FABRE D'EGLANTINE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE FAMILLE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ANNE DE MONTMORENCY). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-SOPHIE CHARLÉ, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE-EMMANUELLE PETIT-FRERE, MÉDECIN · CHARLES GODDAERT, MÉDECIN · LAETITIA BORGOMANO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE HEITZ · PHARMACIE DES ARCHERS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DU CENTRE CULTUREL CAMILLE CLAUDEL). ^[3]

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

3 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · AGENCE DE FERE EN TARDENOIS · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (MEL' COIF · LIBANIA LE SALON · L'AFFERE · AYAN BARBER SHOP). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL CHATEAU DE FERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE NID DANS LES BRUYERES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	EURL KASPRZAK STEPHANE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	2	SOFERDIS · PESLIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · LES ETANGS DU MOULIN DE ROLLEQUIN · HAPPY GRILL · JOCO PIZZAS · LE CAMION AFFAME	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	BAR LE CONNETABLE · LA TAVERNE · CAFE DU COMMERCE · LE REINITAS	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB FABRE D'EGLANTINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE FAMILLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ANNE DE MONTMORENCY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	ANNE-SOPHIE CHARLÉ, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE-EMMANUELLE PETIT-FRERE, MÉDECIN · CHARLES GODDAERT, MÉDECIN · LAETITIA BORGOMANO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE HEITZ · PHARMACIE DES ARCHERS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE DU CENTRE CULTUREL CAMILLE CLAUDEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · AGENCE DE FERE EN TARDENOIS · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU NORD EST	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	6	MEL' COIF · LIBANIA LE SALON · L'AFFERE · AYAN BARBER SHOP	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL CHATEAU DE FERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LE NID DANS LES BRUYERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,730 peak 1999: 3,356 2023: 2,836 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,191 (2012) → 2,836 (2023): -11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,168 (1990) → 2,836 (2023): -10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,557, of which 1.9 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.7 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 (Fère-en-Tardenois): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fère-en-Tardenois): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fère-en-Tardenois): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fère-en-Tardenois): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fère-en-Tardenois): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.6

Days at or below 0 °C 68

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the COULONGES-COHAN weather station, 6.8 km away at 168 m; the village itself is at 127 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 16.6 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 66 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 755 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ARCY-STE-RESTIT, 6.8 km away at 104 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 — 02305/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02305/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02305/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02305/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02305
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
Hambach	57	257 km E	2,766	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Montfort-le-Gesnois	72	261 km SW	2,939	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan	79	446 km SW	2,967	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mars-la-Brière	72	265 km SW	2,681	50	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Châteauneuf-du-Rhône	26	532 km S	2,917	52.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Gondreville	54	187 km E	2,635	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gondreville	54	187 km E	2,635	49.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Hambach	57	257 km E	2,766	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Montfort-le-Gesnois	72	261 km SW	2,939	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mars-la-Brière	72	265 km SW	2,681	50	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan	79	446 km SW	2,967	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Châteauneuf-du-Rhône	26	532 km S	2,917	52.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Fère-en-Tardenois'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
Hambach	57	257 km E	2,766	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Monthermé	08	116 km NE	2,138	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Pagny-sur-Moselle	54	184 km E	3,919	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Courcelles-Chaussy	57	211 km E	3,006	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vervins	02	76 km N	2,549	69	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Contrexéville	88	209 km SE	2,923	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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