Manicamp

Aisne · CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère · INSEE 02456

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

No daily shops 17.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Manicamp (INSEE 02456) is in Aisne (02), part of CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère. Population 311 (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 17.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 17,918 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	5	0
Population trend	0.43	10	4.34
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

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 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 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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: 336 peak 1999: 344 2023: 311 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 318 (2012) → 311 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 333 (1990) → 311 (2023): -6.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 164, of which 6.1 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.1 km NEPharmacy — 5.1 km NEBakery — 5.5 km NEGP — 5.5 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 (Chauny): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Autreville): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chauny): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ognes): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Manicamp): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHAUNY weather station, 7.2 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at CHAUNY, 7.2 km away at 83 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 707 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BICHANCOURT, 3.1 km away at 59 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 — 02456/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02456/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02456/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02456/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02173
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02566
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02456
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
Quiry-le-Sec	80	58 km W	311	22.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 73 %
Barzy-en-Thiérache	02	67 km NE	316	18.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Égligny	77	127 km S	310	22	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont-lès-Randan	63	398 km S	312	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Lugasson	33	592 km SW	316	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Colombiers	17	518 km SW	306	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Quiry-le-Sec	80	58 km W	311	22.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 73 %
Barzy-en-Thiérache	02	67 km NE	316	18.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Égligny	77	127 km S	310	22	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont-lès-Randan	63	398 km S	312	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Colombiers	17	518 km SW	306	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
Lugasson	33	592 km SW	316	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · 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 Manicamp'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
La Chapelle-en-Vexin	95	113 km W	320	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Paars	02	41 km SE	309	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Journy	62	156 km NW	310	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bosc-Mesnil	76	132 km W	318	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Flipou	27	140 km W	320	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Agathe-d'Aliermont	76	135 km W	304	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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