Gauchy

Aisne · CA du Saint-Quentinois · INSEE 02340

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

Partly served 42/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gauchy (INSEE 02340) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Saint-Quentinois. Population 5,183 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/02340-gauchy

Vitality score

Vitality score 42/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 4,541 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.65	20	13.05
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	0.4	10	4.04
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (ATOUT'PAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SODIAG). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DU MARCHE · LA BOUCHERIE · SARL BEAUMONT · LA CIGALE · LA PIZZ' A DAMIEN). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE 4 D · LE NEMROD). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOL MATE HENRI WALLON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE GEORGES HERBIN). ^[3]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HENRI WALLON · EC PRIMAIRE PUB GPE SCOL. JOLIOT CURIE · EC PRIMAIRE PUB GPE SCOL.PIERRE SEMARD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SMAIL ABDELLATIF, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE GAUCHY · PHARMACIE DE LA MAIRIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE PAUL ELUARD · GYMNASE AUGUSTE DELAUNE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (AGENCE GAUCHY). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (LE STUD'YO · ESPACE COIFFURE · GWEN COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (BALLADINS EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ATOUT'PAINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SODIAG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	LE BISTROT DU MARCHE · LA BOUCHERIE · SARL BEAUMONT · LA CIGALE · LA PIZZ' A DAMIEN	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE 4 D · LE NEMROD	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOL MATE HENRI WALLON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE GEORGES HERBIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	4	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE HENRI WALLON · EC PRIMAIRE PUB GPE SCOL. JOLIOT CURIE · EC PRIMAIRE PUB GPE SCOL.PIERRE SEMARD · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SMAIL ABDELLATIF, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DE GAUCHY · PHARMACIE DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE PAUL ELUARD · GYMNASE AUGUSTE DELAUNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	AGENCE GAUCHY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	9	LE STUD'YO · ESPACE COIFFURE · GWEN COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	BALLADINS EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 4,218 peak 1990: 5,736 2023: 5,183 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,356 (2012) → 5,183 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 5,736 (1990) → 5,183 (2023): -9.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,511, of which 0.4 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km NWFood shop — 0.6 km SWGP — 0.6 km NWPharmacy — 0.6 km NW 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 (Gauchy): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gauchy): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gauchy): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gauchy): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gauchy): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.4

Days at or below 0 °C 46.3

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST QUENTIN weather station, 5.8 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 108 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST QUENTIN, 5.8 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 682 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST QUENTIN, 5.8 km away at 98 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02340/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02340/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02340/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02340/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02340
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
Hombourg-Haut	57	264 km E	5,976	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bouxières-aux-Dames	54	241 km SE	4,106	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Offemont	90	357 km SE	4,051	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Moulins-lès-Metz	57	219 km E	5,265	59	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
L'Étang-la-Ville	78	138 km SW	5,157	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Laigneville	60	85 km SW	4,926	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laigneville	60	85 km SW	4,926	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
L'Étang-la-Ville	78	138 km SW	5,157	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Moulins-lès-Metz	57	219 km E	5,265	59	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Bouxières-aux-Dames	54	241 km SE	4,106	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Hombourg-Haut	57	264 km E	5,976	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Offemont	90	357 km SE	4,051	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Gauchy'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
L'Étang-la-Ville	78	138 km SW	5,157	36	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Laigneville	60	85 km SW	4,926	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Flines-lez-Raches	59	67 km N	5,745	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Crespin	59	71 km N	4,532	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Valmont	57	260 km E	3,041	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Divion	62	91 km NW	6,766	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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