Gandelu

Aisne · CA de la Région de Château-Thierry · INSEE 02339

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

Partly served 41/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gandelu (INSEE 02339) is in Aisne (02), part of CA de la Région de Château-Thierry. Population 683 (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/02339-gandelu

Vitality score

Vitality score 41/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 16,470 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	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.77	10	7.72
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES DELICES D' ALLEMPIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GIUSEPPE CHIO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GANDELU AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	1	VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LES DELICES D' ALLEMPIZZA	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 PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	GIUSEPPE CHIO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	GANDELU 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: 326 peak 2017: 687 2023: 683 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 686 (2012) → 683 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 537 (1990) → 683 (2023): 27.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 313, of which 4.8 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 7.8 km WPharmacy — 7.8 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 (Crouy-sur-Ourcq): 7.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gandelu): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gandelu): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Crouy-sur-Ourcq): 7.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gandelu): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 43.2

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PASSY EN VALOIS weather station, 8 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[10]

The village sits 65 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PASSY EN VALOIS, 8 km away at 141 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 65 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DAMMARD, 5.9 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02339/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02339/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02339/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02339/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 77148
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02339
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
Walbach	68	319 km E	936	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Billiat	01	388 km SE	713	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Mennevret	02	102 km N	637	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Laurent	23	338 km S	670	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Clermont	40	682 km SW	736	40	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Le Parcq	62	163 km NW	740	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mennevret	02	102 km N	637	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Le Parcq	62	163 km NW	740	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Walbach	68	319 km E	936	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent	23	338 km S	670	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Billiat	01	388 km SE	713	39.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Clermont	40	682 km SW	736	40	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 86 % · 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 Gandelu'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
Walbach	68	319 km E	936	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Parcq	62	163 km NW	740	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vieux-Moulin	60	38 km NW	593	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrepont	54	187 km E	824	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Preux-au-Bois	59	124 km N	832	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Balbronn	67	316 km E	681	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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