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Franqueville

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02331

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

No daily shops 10.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Franqueville (INSEE 02331) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 106 (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/02331-franqueville

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 11,108 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.44104.38
Housing mix0.8554.25

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 157 2023: 106 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 127 (2012) → 106 (2023): -16.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 113 (1990) → 106 (2023): -6.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 67, of which 7.5 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 1.4 km SE (Saint-Gobert)Food shop — 7.0 km S (Marle)Bakery — 7.4 km W (Sains-Richaumont)GP — 7.4 km E (Vervins)Pharmacy — 7.6 km E (Vervins)
Primary school — 1.4 km SEFood shop — 7.0 km SBakery — 7.4 km WGP — 7.4 km EPharmacy — 7.6 km E 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 (Sains-Richaumont): 7.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Marle): 7 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Vervins): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Vervins): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Gobert): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the FONTAINE-LES-VV weather station, 5.8 km away at 186 m; the village itself is at 102 m. [12]

The village sits 84 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. [12]

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

Humidity measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 5.8 km away at 186 m, over 29 summers. [12]

That station sits 84 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 857 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ROGNY, 4.7 km away at 115 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

9 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 73,000 € — 879 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Aisne is 1,096 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02331/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02331/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02331/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02331/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02668
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02468
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02789
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02681
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Issenhausen67292 km E10615.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bazeilles-sur-Othain55122 km E10716.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Estrennes88238 km SE10713.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Missy-lès-Pierrepont0220 km S10713.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Bremondans25344 km SE10716.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mazis80146 km W10712.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Missy-lès-Pierrepont0220 km S10713.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Bazeilles-sur-Othain55122 km E10716.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mazis80146 km W10712.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Estrennes88238 km SE10713.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Issenhausen67292 km E10615.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bremondans25344 km SE10716.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 50 % · 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 Franqueville'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Mazis80146 km W10712.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-en-Arrouaise8067 km NW1059.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Beaugies-sous-Bois6054 km W10413.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Fresneville80143 km W10417No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Brocourt80143 km W1098.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Rouy-le-Grand8061 km W10011No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %