Monceau-lès-Leups
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Monceau-lès-Leups (INSEE 02492) is in Aisne (02), part of CA Chauny Tergnier La Fère. Population 426 (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 44.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 90 % of the 17,958 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.61 |
| Housing mix | 0.87 | 5 | 4.35 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ECLAT GOURMAND). [3]
1 × Restaurant (CHEZ KATHI). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (BAR BRASSERIE LE LUPI). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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) | 1 | L'ECLAT GOURMAND | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 | 1 | CHEZ KATHI | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | BAR BRASSERIE LE LUPI | 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) | 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
Population 465 (2012) → 426 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 367 (1990) → 426 (2023): 16.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 214, of which 6.5 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Monceau-lès-Leups): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Nouvion-et-Catillon): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Crépy): 7.8 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Crépy): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Monceau-lès-Leups): 0 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the POUILLY-SUR-SERRE weather station, 7.6 km away at 68 m; the village itself is at 104 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 11.9 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at POUILLY-SUR-SERRE, 7.6 km away at 68 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 — 02492/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02492/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02492/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02492/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02492
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02559
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02238
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autechaux | 25 | 332 km SE | 449 | 46 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Garrebourg | 57 | 292 km E | 485 | 38.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roncherolles-en-Bray | 76 | 146 km W | 477 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dions | 30 | 641 km S | 527 | 40.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bellebrune | 62 | 170 km NW | 427 | 39.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moreilles | 85 | 496 km SW | 407 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 61 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roncherolles-en-Bray | 76 | 146 km W | 477 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellebrune | 62 | 170 km NW | 427 | 39.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Garrebourg | 57 | 292 km E | 485 | 38.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Autechaux | 25 | 332 km SE | 449 | 46 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moreilles | 85 | 496 km SW | 407 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 61 % |
| Dions | 30 | 641 km S | 527 | 40.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Monceau-lès-Leups'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrebourg | 57 | 292 km E | 485 | 38.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Roncherolles-en-Bray | 76 | 146 km W | 477 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laimont | 55 | 146 km SE | 423 | 31.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boubiers | 60 | 128 km W | 382 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boismont | 54 | 165 km E | 410 | 34.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Groise | 59 | 47 km N | 464 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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