Gronard
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 6.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gronard (INSEE 02357) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 56 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 6.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 13 % of the 5,649 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.21 | 10 | 2.09 |
| Housing mix | 0.69 | 5 | 3.44 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 75 (2012) → 56 (2023): -25.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 79 (1990) → 56 (2023): -29.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 32, of which 15.6 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vervins): 5 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vervins): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Vervins): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Vervins): 5 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Gobert): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the FONTAINE-VV MAN weather station, 4.9 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 134 m. [10]
The village sits 50 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 5 km away at 186 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 52 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 927 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at FONTAINE-VV MAN, 4.9 km away at 184 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 — 02357/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02357/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02357/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02357/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02789
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02681
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Petites-Armoises | 08 | 75 km SE | 58 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 % |
| Chardeny | 08 | 66 km SE | 55 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Forcey | 52 | 212 km SE | 59 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Reithouse | 39 | 380 km S | 55 | 10 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lucey | 21 | 227 km S | 56 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 % |
| Moitron | 21 | 245 km S | 57 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chardeny | 08 | 66 km SE | 55 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Petites-Armoises | 08 | 75 km SE | 58 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 % |
| Forcey | 52 | 212 km SE | 59 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lucey | 21 | 227 km S | 56 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 % |
| Moitron | 21 | 245 km S | 57 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Reithouse | 39 | 380 km S | 55 | 10 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · 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 Gronard'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chardeny | 08 | 66 km SE | 55 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moitron | 21 | 245 km S | 57 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Meurival | 02 | 49 km S | 56 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Effincourt | 52 | 176 km SE | 56 | 5.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jumigny | 02 | 44 km S | 60 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montigny-lès-Condé | 02 | 93 km S | 51 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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