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Mortefontaine

Aisne · CC Retz en Valois · INSEE 02528

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

No daily shops 8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mortefontaine (INSEE 02528) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Retz en Valois. Population 208 (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/02528-mortefontaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 16,179 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.33103.32
Housing mix0.6953.45

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 293 2023: 208 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 244 (2012) → 208 (2023): -14.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 250 (1990) → 208 (2023): -16.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 129, of which 15.5 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.3 km SW (Taillefontaine)Food shop — 3.7 km N (Hautefontaine)GP — 4.0 km SE (Vivières)Bakery — 7.2 km W (Pierrefonds)Pharmacy — 7.3 km W (Pierrefonds)
Primary school — 3.3 km SWFood shop — 3.7 km NGP — 4.0 km SEBakery — 7.2 km WPharmacy — 7.3 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 (Pierrefonds): 7.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hautefontaine): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Vivières): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Pierrefonds): 7.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Taillefontaine): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the TAILLEFONTAINE weather station, 3.1 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 125 m. [12]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at TAILLEFONTAINE, 3.1 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02528/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02528/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02528/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02528/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60491
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 60305
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02822
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02734
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montlognon6033 km SW20711.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 80 %
Courtempierre45141 km S21012.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Châtillon-sur-Morin5178 km SE21014.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Médard-de-Presque46506 km S20712.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 69 %
Ardelles28164 km SW21114.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Léry56415 km W21013.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montlognon6033 km SW20711.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 80 %
Châtillon-sur-Morin5178 km SE21014.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 81 %
Courtempierre45141 km S21012.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Ardelles28164 km SW21114.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Léry56415 km W21013.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Médard-de-Presque46506 km S20712.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 69 %

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Elsewhere

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