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Maissemy

Aisne · CC du Pays du Vermandois · INSEE 02452

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

No daily shops 17.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maissemy (INSEE 02452) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Pays du Vermandois. Population 232 (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/02452-maissemy

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 16,846 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.98109.78
Housing mix0.9654.81

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
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)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Hairdresser1INSEE 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: 213 peak 2012: 245 2023: 232 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 245 (2012) → 232 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 157 (1990) → 232 (2023): 47.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 103, of which 1.9 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 3.2 km SW (Vermand)Bakery — 3.5 km SW (Vermand)GP — 3.5 km SW (Vermand)Pharmacy — 3.8 km SW (Vermand)Food shop — 4.1 km SE (Holnon)
Primary school — 3.2 km SWBakery — 3.5 km SWGP — 3.5 km SWPharmacy — 3.8 km SWFood shop — 4.1 km SE 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 (Vermand): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Holnon): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Vermand): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Vermand): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vermand): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

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 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ST QUENTIN weather station, 8.4 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 89 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at ST QUENTIN, 8.4 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 771 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PONTRU, 1.9 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02452/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02452/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02452/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02452/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02785
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02382
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lissay-Lochy18330 km S23117.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nouilhan65758 km S23114.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %
Flavignerot21317 km SE23216.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Guerpont55198 km SE2319.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Prunay-Belleville10175 km S22910.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Allondans25371 km SE23415.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Prunay-Belleville10175 km S22910.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Guerpont55198 km SE2319.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Flavignerot21317 km SE23216.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Lissay-Lochy18330 km S23117.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Allondans25371 km SE23415.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Nouilhan65758 km S23114.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Maissemy'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
Sai61263 km SW23013.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vauvillers8035 km W23314.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Larouillies5955 km E2318.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gorenflos8085 km W23413.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Waltembourg57317 km E22713.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ivergny6269 km NW23814.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %