Gricourt

Aisne · CC du Pays du Vermandois · INSEE 02355

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

Few services 29.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gricourt (INSEE 02355) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Pays du Vermandois. Population 1,011 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/02355-gricourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 14,272 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.83	10	8.29
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MYRTILLE ET CHOCOLAT). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar (LE MALEZIEUX). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE GRICOURT). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (COULEUR CANNELLE · ANNESOCHIC · COIFFURE EN ART-MONIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	MYRTILLE ET CHOCOLAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	LE MALEZIEUX	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	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	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE GRICOURT	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	3	COULEUR CANNELLE · ANNESOCHIC · COIFFURE EN ART-MONIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 397 2023: 1,011 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 929 (2012) → 1,011 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 761 (1990) → 1,011 (2023): 32.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 450, of which 2.2 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km EFood shop — 3.3 km SGP — 3.3 km SEPharmacy — 3.5 km SE 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 (Gricourt): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fayet): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Quentin): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Quentin): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gricourt): 0.1 km to the 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. ^[11]

Measured at the ST QUENTIN weather station, 8.2 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST QUENTIN, 8.2 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 771 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PONTRU, 3.5 km away at 80 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 — 02355/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02355/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02355/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02355/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02355
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02303
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02691
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
Cornillé	35	388 km SW	961	42.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Champfleur	72	281 km SW	1,282	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Acy	02	62 km S	1,004	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-en-Pareds	85	462 km SW	1,377	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pouange	10	194 km S	1,010	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues	34	682 km S	984	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Acy	02	62 km S	1,004	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pouange	10	194 km S	1,010	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Champfleur	72	281 km SW	1,282	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Cornillé	35	388 km SW	961	42.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-en-Pareds	85	462 km SW	1,377	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues	34	682 km S	984	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Gricourt'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
Acy	02	62 km S	1,004	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Itancourt	02	12 km SE	999	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vers-sur-Selle	80	73 km W	929	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fressain	59	45 km N	919	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Campigny	27	204 km W	1,085	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-Cottes	62	96 km NW	830	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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