Grugies

Aisne · CA du Saint-Quentinois · INSEE 02359

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grugies (INSEE 02359) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Saint-Quentinois. Population 1,280 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 12,826 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	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.85	10	8.5
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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)	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	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)	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	1	GRUGIES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 747 peak 2017: 1,355 2023: 1,280 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,162 (2012) → 1,280 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 948 (1990) → 1,280 (2023): 35 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 587, of which 0.5 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.1 km NFood shop — 1.5 km NEBakery — 2.2 km NEGP — 2.2 km NE 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): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gauchy): 1.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gauchy): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gauchy): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Grugies): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the ST QUENTIN weather station, 4.2 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 74 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST QUENTIN, 4.2 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 682 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST QUENTIN, 4.2 km away at 98 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 — 02359/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02359/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02359/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02359/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02340
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02359
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
Aulnay-sur-Mauldre	78	142 km SW	1,180	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Rédange	57	194 km E	1,014	18.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 41 %
Lozinghem	62	95 km NW	1,256	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Parcieux	01	449 km S	1,315	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 69 %
Nesles-la-Montagne	02	89 km S	1,189	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Creuzier-le-Neuf	03	404 km S	1,225	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nesles-la-Montagne	02	89 km S	1,189	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Lozinghem	62	95 km NW	1,256	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Aulnay-sur-Mauldre	78	142 km SW	1,180	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Rédange	57	194 km E	1,014	18.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 41 %
Creuzier-le-Neuf	03	404 km S	1,225	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Parcieux	01	449 km S	1,315	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 69 %

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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 Grugies'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
Lozinghem	62	95 km NW	1,256	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Nesles-la-Montagne	02	89 km S	1,189	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Etzling	57	276 km E	1,136	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Trinité-du-Mont	76	197 km W	951	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Auzebosc	76	184 km W	1,116	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saveuse	80	76 km W	1,096	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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