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Le Hérie-la-Viéville

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02379

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

No daily shops 18.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Hérie-la-Viéville (INSEE 02379) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 192 (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/02379-le-herie-la-vieville

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 15,741 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.47104.75
Housing mix0.9654.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES VICTOIRES). [3]

1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES VICTOIRES). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES VICTOIRESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DES VICTOIRESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 278 2023: 192 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 241 (2012) → 192 (2023): -20.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 192 (2023): -2.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 99, of which 2 % second homes and 19.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 4.1 km E (Sains-Richaumont)Bakery — 4.3 km E (Sains-Richaumont)Food shop — 4.3 km E (Sains-Richaumont)Pharmacy — 8.6 km N (Guise)
In the commune Primary school GP — 4.1 km EBakery — 4.3 km EFood shop — 4.3 km EPharmacy — 8.6 km N 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 (Sains-Richaumont): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sains-Richaumont): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Sains-Richaumont): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Guise): 8.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Le Hérie-la-Viéville): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the AUDIGNY weather station, 4.9 km away at 150 m; the village itself is at 143 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 16.8 km away at 186 m, over 29 summers. [11]

An average of 850 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at AUDIGNY, 4.9 km away at 150 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02379/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02379/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02379/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02379/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02668
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02361
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02379
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Petitefontaine90340 km SE19321.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Aumerval62117 km NW18920Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Canteloup14283 km W18719.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Vanvillé77146 km S19723.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Héninel6273 km NW18716.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Brantigny88253 km SE19822.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Héninel6273 km NW18716.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Aumerval62117 km NW18920Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vanvillé77146 km S19723.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Brantigny88253 km SE19822.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Canteloup14283 km W18719.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Petitefontaine90340 km SE19321.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · 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 Le Hérie-la-Viéville'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Aumerval62117 km NW18920Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vanvillé77146 km S19723.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Louvrechy8090 km W19723.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Hautbos60129 km W18724.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Courquetaine77143 km SW18419.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Moulin-sous-Touvent6058 km SW18521.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %