Monthenault

Identity

Monthenault (INSEE 02508) is in Aisne (02), part of CA du Pays de Laon. Population 140 (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/02508-monthenault

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 13,571 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS DE L'AILETTE). ^[4]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 139 (2012) → 140 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 102 (1990) → 140 (2023): 37.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 74, of which 8.1 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chamouille): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bruyères-et-Montbérault): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chamouille): 1.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 8 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, 2 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 178 m. ^[10]

The village sits 83 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 12.7 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 100 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[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, 2 km away at 95 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

6 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 164,900 € — 1,377 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Aisne is 1,096 € per m², so this commune sits above 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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02508/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02508/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02508/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02508/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02158
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02128
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025