Lemé

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02416

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

No daily shops 18.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lemé (INSEE 02416) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 409 (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/02416-leme

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 17,978 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.36	10	3.56
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

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 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 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LEME AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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: 629 2023: 409 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 443 (2012) → 409 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 478 (1990) → 409 (2023): -14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 227, of which 5.3 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km WBakery — 4.2 km WGP — 4.6 km WPharmacy — 10.3 km E 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): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sains-Richaumont): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sains-Richaumont): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vervins): 10.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lemé): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.7

Days at or below 0 °C 47.7

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FONTAINE-LES-VV weather station, 8.2 km away at 186 m; the village itself is at 165 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 8.2 km away at 186 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 833 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FONTAINE-LES-VV, 8.2 km away at 186 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 — 02416/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02416/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02416/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02416/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02668
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02789
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02416
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
Fléac-sur-Seugne	17	577 km SW	361	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Senoch	37	373 km SW	514	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Babœuf	60	56 km SW	508	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Orville	62	102 km W	341	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Geours-d'Auribat	40	761 km SW	409	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %
Mangiennes	55	138 km E	397	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Babœuf	60	56 km SW	508	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Orville	62	102 km W	341	21.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Mangiennes	55	138 km E	397	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Senoch	37	373 km SW	514	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Fléac-sur-Seugne	17	577 km SW	361	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Geours-d'Auribat	40	761 km SW	409	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Lemé'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
Babœuf	60	56 km SW	508	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Antheuil-Portes	60	82 km SW	408	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Guillaucourt	80	81 km W	386	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vendeuil-Caply	60	109 km W	447	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Reinhardsmunster	67	288 km SE	430	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Domart-sur-la-Luce	80	92 km W	403	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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