Fesmy-le-Sart

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02308

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

Few services 35.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fesmy-le-Sart (INSEE 02308) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 519 (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 35.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,696 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.57	10	5.7
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DOUCEURS DINES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CHOUCAS). ^[4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES DOUCEURS DINES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LE CHOUCAS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	FESMY LE SART AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 625 2023: 519 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 509 (2012) → 519 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 485 (1990) → 519 (2023): 7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 241, of which 3.3 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km SBakery — 3.6 km SEGP — 3.9 km SPharmacy — 3.9 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 (Boué): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Oisy): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boué): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Boué): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fesmy-le-Sart): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.2

Days at or below 0 °C 63

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ETREUX weather station, 6.4 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 151 m. ^[11]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ETREUX, 6.4 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02308/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02308/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02308/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02308/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02569
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02308
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
Ronssoy	80	38 km W	577	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Francheval	08	105 km E	590	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Villeneuve-sur-Vère	81	683 km S	528	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 86 %
Chamoy	10	215 km S	499	35.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine	70	297 km SE	592	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Poillé-sur-Vègre	72	372 km SW	582	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ronssoy	80	38 km W	577	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Francheval	08	105 km E	590	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 %
Chamoy	10	215 km S	499	35.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 84 %
Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine	70	297 km SE	592	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Poillé-sur-Vègre	72	372 km SW	582	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %
Villeneuve-sur-Vère	81	683 km S	528	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 86 %

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