Fontenelle

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02324

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontenelle (INSEE 02324) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 280 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02324-fontenelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 17,687 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.56	10	5.57
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 436 2023: 280 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 278 (2012) → 280 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 265 (1990) → 280 (2023): 5.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 5 % second homes and 13.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.1 km NEFood shop — 4.9 km SEGP — 5.6 km NEPharmacy — 5.7 km NEBakery — 5.8 km W 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 (Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Flamengrie): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Étrœungt): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Étrœungt): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Floyon): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.3

Days at or below 0 °C 69.3

Muggy days a summer 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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NOUVION-EN-T weather station, 6.7 km away at 182 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at CLAIRFONTAINE, 10.1 km away at 225 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

An average of 942 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NOUVION-EN-T, 6.7 km away at 182 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 — 02324/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02324/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02324/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02324/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02558
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02312
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59218
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59241
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
Rupt-en-Woëvre	55	160 km SE	280	10.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 96 %
Pray	41	330 km SW	278	12.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Curchy	80	77 km W	281	10.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Grimbosq	14	330 km W	286	11.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Le Baizil	51	118 km S	282	12.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Méritein	64	824 km SW	279	12	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Curchy	80	77 km W	281	10.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Le Baizil	51	118 km S	282	12.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Rupt-en-Woëvre	55	160 km SE	280	10.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 96 %
Pray	41	330 km SW	278	12.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Grimbosq	14	330 km W	286	11.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Méritein	64	824 km SW	279	12	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 42 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Fontenelle'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
Thivet	52	249 km SE	276	10.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Salmagne	55	177 km SE	281	9.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Seringes-et-Nesles	02	95 km S	273	12.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-sur-Fère	02	99 km S	277	12.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Veslud	02	56 km S	270	13.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Oudeuil	60	142 km W	293	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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