Iron

Aisne · CC Thiérache Sambre et Oise · INSEE 02386

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 7.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Iron (INSEE 02386) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Thiérache Sambre et Oise. Population 224 (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 7.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 16,663 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	0.29	10	2.89
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[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	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 300 2023: 224 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 228 (2012) → 224 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 284 (1990) → 224 (2023): -21.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 127, of which 13.4 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.8 km WBakery — 4.2 km NPharmacy — 4.3 km NGP — 5.2 km NFood shop — 5.5 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 (Étreux): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Neuville-lès-Dorengt): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Étreux): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Étreux): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Tupigny): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.2

Days at or below 0 °C 63

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ETREUX weather station, 3.8 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 124 m. ^[11]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ETREUX, 3.8 km away at 120 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 — 02386/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02386/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02386/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02386/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02298
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02548
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02753
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
Melincourt	70	292 km SE	224	9.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 %
Arbecey	70	297 km SE	228	10.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 72 %
Chillac	16	583 km SW	227	14.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
La Croix-Comtesse	17	530 km SW	223	14.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Jean-de-Livet	14	264 km W	229	10.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 80 %
Davrey	10	213 km S	229	10.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Davrey	10	213 km S	229	10.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Jean-de-Livet	14	264 km W	229	10.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 80 %
Melincourt	70	292 km SE	224	9.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 %
Arbecey	70	297 km SE	228	10.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 72 %
La Croix-Comtesse	17	530 km SW	223	14.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 %
Chillac	16	583 km SW	227	14.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %

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