Montaigu
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 39/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montaigu (INSEE 02498) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Champagne Picarde. Population 766 (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/02498-montaigu
Vitality score
Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 70 % of the 15,909 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 | 0.79 | 20 | 15.82 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.64 | 10 | 6.38 |
| Housing mix | 0.93 | 5 | 4.64 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (L'EVENEMENT · LE RELAIS DE LA PAIX). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AU COIN DE L'EGLISE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (L '1' STANT COIFFURE · MOBILLISS COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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) | 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 | 3 | L'EVENEMENT · LE RELAIS DE LA PAIX | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | AU COIN DE L'EGLISE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 2 | L '1' STANT COIFFURE · MOBILLISS COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 749 (2012) → 766 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 673 (1990) → 766 (2023): 13.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 387, of which 3.6 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt): 2.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Erme-Outre-et-Ramecourt): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Montaigu): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the GIZY weather station, 8 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 121 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at NIZY-LE-COMTE, 15.4 km away at 90 m, over 27 summers. [10]
An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at GIZY, 8 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
48 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 125,450 € — 961 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Aisne is 1,096 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02498/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02498/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02498/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02498/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02676
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 02498
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Cécile | 50 | 373 km W | 792 | 39.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Firmin | 71 | 304 km S | 773 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coulomby | 62 | 184 km NW | 770 | 39.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boëseghem | 59 | 160 km NW | 766 | 34.2 | Few services | no figures |
| Lescout | 81 | 680 km S | 764 | 39.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 53 % · humidity 21 % |
| Sarrewerden | 67 | 246 km E | 816 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boëseghem | 59 | 160 km NW | 766 | 34.2 | Few services | no figures |
| Coulomby | 62 | 184 km NW | 770 | 39.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sarrewerden | 67 | 246 km E | 816 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Firmin | 71 | 304 km S | 773 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Cécile | 50 | 373 km W | 792 | 39.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lescout | 81 | 680 km S | 764 | 39.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 53 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Montaigu'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Firmin | 71 | 304 km S | 773 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sarrewerden | 67 | 246 km E | 816 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Caugé | 27 | 211 km W | 807 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Celle-sur-Loire | 58 | 239 km S | 785 | 34.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Goussonville | 78 | 165 km SW | 650 | 41.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Méry-sur-Marne | 77 | 78 km SW | 679 | 37.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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