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Landouzy-la-Cour

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02404

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

No daily shops 16.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Landouzy-la-Cour (INSEE 02404) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 167 (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/02404-landouzy-la-cour

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 14,851 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 trend0.36103.61
Housing mix0.8554.23

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 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”.

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (CLHAIR' S COIFFURE). [3,4]

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 PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser1CLHAIR' S COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 219 2023: 167 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 188 (2012) → 167 (2023): -11.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 194 (1990) → 167 (2023): -13.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 91, of which 7.7 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 1.4 km N (La Bouteille)Bakery — 4.8 km W (Vervins)GP — 5.0 km SE (Plomion)Pharmacy — 5.6 km NE (Origny-en-Thiérache)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km NBakery — 4.8 km WGP — 5.0 km SEPharmacy — 5.6 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 (Vervins): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Bouteille): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Plomion): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Origny-en-Thiérache): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Landouzy-la-Cour): 0 km to the west (straight line). [12]

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the FONTAINE-VV MAN weather station, 7.7 km away at 184 m; the village itself is at 179 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 7.8 km away at 186 m, over 29 summers. [13]

An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at LA BOUTEILLE, 5.1 km away at 133 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02404/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02404/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02404/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02404/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02789
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02109
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02608
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02574
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02404
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Villedieu-en-Fontenette70282 km SE16717.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Remiencourt80115 km W16419.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Raymond18334 km S17219No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-du-Gennetey27242 km W16624.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Villers-Vicomte60127 km W16219No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Boulaur32743 km S17122.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Remiencourt80115 km W16419.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Vicomte60127 km W16219No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-du-Gennetey27242 km W16624.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
La Villedieu-en-Fontenette70282 km SE16717.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Raymond18334 km S17219No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Boulaur32743 km S17122.4Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Landouzy-la-Cour'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
Remiencourt80115 km W16419.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Vicomte60127 km W16219No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Béthelainville55118 km SE16016.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lizines77158 km S17421.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Thuel0223 km S15818.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Tourteron0858 km SE17717.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %