Morsain

Aisne · CC Retz en Valois · INSEE 02527

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 22.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Morsain (INSEE 02527) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Retz en Valois. Population 469 (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 22.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,908 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.78
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	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)	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	1	MORSAIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 425 2023: 469 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 423 (2012) → 469 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 398 (1990) → 469 (2023): 17.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 4.1 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km WBakery — 6.4 km SWGP — 7.2 km SWPharmacy — 7.2 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 (Berny-Rivière): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Autrêches): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vic-sur-Aisne): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vic-sur-Aisne): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Morsain): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 46.9

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TAILLEFONTAINE weather station, 18.5 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[12]

The village sits 73 m below 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. ^[12]

An average of 730 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at RESSONS LE LONG, 8.2 km away at 133 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02527/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02527/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02527/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02527/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02071
INSEE BPE 2025 — 60032
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02795
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02527
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
Versigny	02	29 km NE	470	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Pierre-Levée	77	62 km S	480	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Le Hamel	80	66 km NW	492	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Thury-en-Valois	60	35 km S	462	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Rémy-en-Comté	70	280 km SE	436	14.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 65 %
Beutin	62	155 km NW	436	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Versigny	02	29 km NE	470	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Thury-en-Valois	60	35 km S	462	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Pierre-Levée	77	62 km S	480	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Le Hamel	80	66 km NW	492	20.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Beutin	62	155 km NW	436	24.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Rémy-en-Comté	70	280 km SE	436	14.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 65 %

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