Mercin-et-Vaux

Aisne · CA GrandSoissons Agglomération · INSEE 02477

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 52.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mercin-et-Vaux (INSEE 02477) is in Aisne (02), part of CA GrandSoissons Agglomération. Population 935 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/02477-mercin-et-vaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 14,751 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	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.57	10	5.67
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (KEBLI · LE PETIT CAFE DU PRO · LA TERRASSE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA MAISON BLANCHE · LA MAISON BLANCHE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FREDERIC LAPERSONNE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MERCIN ET VAUX APC AP). ^[3]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	KEBLI · LE PETIT CAFE DU PRO · LA TERRASSE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE LA MAISON BLANCHE · LA MAISON BLANCHE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	FREDERIC LAPERSONNE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MERCIN ET VAUX APC 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	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 827 peak 2017: 962 2023: 935 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 947 (2012) → 935 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 876 (1990) → 935 (2023): 6.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 444, of which 1.6 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.6 km NFood shop — 1.7 km EPharmacy — 2.1 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 (Pommiers): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mercin-et-Vaux): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mercin-et-Vaux): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Soissons): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Mercin-et-Vaux): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.9

Days at or below 0 °C 51.1

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VAILLY-SUR-AISN weather station, 18 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 47 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 18.3 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 734 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SOISSONS, 2.9 km away at 40 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 — 02477/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02477/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02477/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02477/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02610
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02477
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02722
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
Fraisans	39	309 km SE	1,160	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 62 %
Les Mesneux	51	53 km E	966	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Maulette	78	137 km SW	1,088	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Neschers	63	421 km S	908	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Avenay-Val-d'Or	51	66 km SE	956	38	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Landres	54	183 km E	989	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Mesneux	51	53 km E	966	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Avenay-Val-d'Or	51	66 km SE	956	38	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Maulette	78	137 km SW	1,088	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Landres	54	183 km E	989	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Fraisans	39	309 km SE	1,160	42.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 62 %
Neschers	63	421 km S	908	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Mercin-et-Vaux'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
Les Mesneux	51	53 km E	966	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Maulette	78	137 km SW	1,088	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Neschers	63	421 km S	908	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Scheibenhard	67	356 km E	871	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Scharrachbergheim-Irmstett	67	320 km E	1,359	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vallères	37	309 km SW	1,345	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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