La Malmaison

Aisne · CC de la Champagne Picarde · INSEE 02454

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

Few services 21.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Malmaison (INSEE 02454) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Champagne Picarde. Population 403 (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 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 17,998 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.7	10	6.96
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LA MALMAISON 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 389 peak 2012: 415 2023: 403 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 415 (2012) → 403 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 337 (1990) → 403 (2023): 19.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 180, of which 2.8 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 5.9 km SWGP — 8.4 km NWBakery — 8.9 km WPharmacy — 8.9 km NW 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 (Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt): 8.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Malmaison): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sissonne): 8.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sissonne): 8.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Amifontaine): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 57.3

Muggy days a summer 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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the NIZY-LE-COMTE weather station, 6.9 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at NIZY-LE-COMTE, 6.9 km away at 90 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

An average of 716 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PROUVAIS, 5.9 km away at 105 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02454/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02454/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02454/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02454/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02676
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02454
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02720
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02013
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
Équancourt	80	90 km NW	300	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cuchery	51	44 km S	412	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Bionville-sur-Nied	57	187 km E	393	14	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %
Guillaucourt	80	104 km W	386	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mangiennes	55	113 km E	397	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Brieulles-sur-Meuse	55	89 km E	318	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cuchery	51	44 km S	412	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Brieulles-sur-Meuse	55	89 km E	318	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Équancourt	80	90 km NW	300	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Guillaucourt	80	104 km W	386	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mangiennes	55	113 km E	397	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bionville-sur-Nied	57	187 km E	393	14	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %

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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 La Malmaison'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
Équancourt	80	90 km NW	300	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Guillaucourt	80	104 km W	386	16.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mangiennes	55	113 km E	397	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Brieulles-sur-Meuse	55	89 km E	318	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Walschbronn	57	257 km E	384	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Neurey-lès-la-Demie	70	270 km SE	355	13.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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