Montescourt-Lizerolles

Aisne · CA du Saint-Quentinois · INSEE 02504

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

Few services 35.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montescourt-Lizerolles (INSEE 02504) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Saint-Quentinois. Population 1,606 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 11,127 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.6	10	6
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

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 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (KAROSKY). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE ROI DU KEBAB). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE MONFOURNY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTESCOURT LIZEROLLES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LE POINT-VIRGULE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MEL'CREATION). ^[3,4]

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). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	KAROSKY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LE ROI DU KEBAB	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELAS PHARMACIE MONFOURNY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTESCOURT LIZEROLLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LE POINT-VIRGULE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MEL'CREATION	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: 1,814 2023: 1,606 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,684 (2012) → 1,606 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,460 (1990) → 1,606 (2023): 10 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 746, of which 0.9 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km WPharmacy — 0.7 km WFood shop — 1.6 km SWGP — 2.8 km SW 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 (Montescourt-Lizerolles): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jussy): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jussy): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montescourt-Lizerolles): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montescourt-Lizerolles): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 61.7

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CLASTRES weather station, 2.2 km away at 75 m; the village itself is at 80 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST QUENTIN, 9.8 km away at 98 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 732 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CLASTRES, 2.2 km away at 75 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 — 02504/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02504/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02504/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02504/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02504
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02397
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
Turretot	76	218 km W	1,619	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Lautenbach	68	348 km SE	1,544	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Dammartin-en-Serve	78	151 km SW	1,441	42	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Thuriau	56	493 km W	1,885	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Steenbecque	59	118 km NW	1,602	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubert	59	53 km N	1,570	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aubert	59	53 km N	1,570	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Steenbecque	59	118 km NW	1,602	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Dammartin-en-Serve	78	151 km SW	1,441	42	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Turretot	76	218 km W	1,619	38.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Lautenbach	68	348 km SE	1,544	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Thuriau	56	493 km W	1,885	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · 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 Montescourt-Lizerolles'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
Lautenbach	68	348 km SE	1,544	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gazeran	78	163 km SW	1,492	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Essigny-le-Grand	02	4.5 km N	1,072	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bussières	42	440 km S	1,540	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Jebsheim	68	357 km SE	1,360	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Tronville-en-Barrois	55	185 km SE	1,302	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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