Fontenoy

Aisne · CC Retz en Valois · INSEE 02326

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontenoy (INSEE 02326) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Retz en Valois. Population 483 (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/02326-fontenoy

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 17,837 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.39	10	3.93
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (POKOLOA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-PIERRE NICOL). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FONTENOY). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	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	1	POKOLOA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JEAN-PIERRE NICOL	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE FONTENOY	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 463 peak 1990: 541 2023: 483 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 488 (2012) → 483 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 541 (1990) → 483 (2023): -10.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 240, of which 9.6 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km SGP — 3.3 km SPharmacy — 3.3 km SFood shop — 5.9 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 (Ambleny): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vic-sur-Aisne): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambleny): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ambleny): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fontenoy): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 46.9

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TAILLEFONTAINE weather station, 15.3 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 69 m. ^[11]

The village sits 71 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 730 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RESSONS LE LONG, 4.5 km away at 133 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 — 02326/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02326/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02326/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02326/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02795
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02326
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
Essertines-en-Donzy	42	415 km S	477	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Essertenne	71	305 km S	483	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Tavernay	71	277 km S	493	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 61 %
Cassagnoles	30	603 km S	457	36	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 96 %
Vergezac	43	488 km S	470	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %
Jouvençon	71	344 km SE	461	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 76 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tavernay	71	277 km S	493	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 61 %
Essertenne	71	305 km S	483	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Jouvençon	71	344 km SE	461	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 76 %
Essertines-en-Donzy	42	415 km S	477	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Vergezac	43	488 km S	470	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %
Cassagnoles	30	603 km S	457	36	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 96 %

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