Montchâlons

Aisne · CA du Pays de Laon · INSEE 02501

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montchâlons (INSEE 02501) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Pays de Laon. Population 63 (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 8.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 6,519 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.47	10	4.69
Housing mix	0.53	5	2.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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)	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	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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 76 peak 2017: 84 2023: 63 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 61 (2012) → 63 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 65 (1990) → 63 (2023): -3.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 43, of which 23.3 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.3 km NEGP — 4.4 km WFood shop — 4.7 km WPharmacy — 4.7 km WBakery — 5.6 km W 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 (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Festieux): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 61.5

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARTIGNY-COURPI weather station, 3.9 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 125 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 12.4 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MARTIGNY-COURPI, 3.9 km away at 95 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02501/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02501/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02501/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02501/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02128
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02309
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
Montmartin-le-Haut	10	157 km SE	62	13.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Antheuil	21	271 km S	63	11.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Cassaignes	11	739 km S	61	13.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %
Bayonville	08	93 km E	65	3.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 82 %
Velles	52	238 km SE	63	4.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Cierges	02	40 km S	62	6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cierges	02	40 km S	62	6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Bayonville	08	93 km E	65	3.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 82 %
Montmartin-le-Haut	10	157 km SE	62	13.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Velles	52	238 km SE	63	4.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Antheuil	21	271 km S	63	11.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Cassaignes	11	739 km S	61	13.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Montchâlons'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
Montmartin-le-Haut	10	157 km SE	62	13.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Velles	52	238 km SE	63	4.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Étreval	54	206 km SE	59	12.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Chemin	51	106 km SE	63	12.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Louvagny	14	281 km W	58	8.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-lès-Palameix	55	143 km E	57	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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