Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne

Aisne · CC de la Champagne Picarde · INSEE 02541

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

Partly served 42.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne (INSEE 02541) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Champagne Picarde. Population 424 (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 42.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,961 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.38	10	3.78
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

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 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (LE JARDIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (HOTEL DU CHEVAL BLANC). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (NEUFCHATEL SUR AISNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE BERTRAND	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 JARDIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	HOTEL DU CHEVAL BLANC	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE EMILE DRIANT	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	NEUFCHATEL SUR AISNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 455 peak 1999: 492 2023: 424 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 402 (2012) → 424 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 483 (1990) → 424 (2023): -12.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 225, of which 1.3 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.4 km WGP — 4.4 km WPharmacy — 4.9 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 (Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villeneuve-sur-Aisne): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villeneuve-sur-Aisne): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-sur-Aisne): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 57.3

Muggy days a summer 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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NIZY-LE-COMTE weather station, 14.9 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 60 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at NIZY-LE-COMTE, 14.9 km away at 90 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 704 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MENNEVILLE, 2.5 km away at 59 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 — 02541/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02541/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02541/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02541/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02541
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02360
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
Lerrain	88	211 km SE	461	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Solomiac	32	670 km S	496	54	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Machézal	42	391 km S	403	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Castaignos-Souslens	40	742 km SW	428	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 7 %
Baupte	50	391 km W	436	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Marray	37	317 km SW	496	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lerrain	88	211 km SE	461	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Marray	37	317 km SW	496	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Machézal	42	391 km S	403	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Baupte	50	391 km W	436	41.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Solomiac	32	670 km S	496	54	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 91 % · humidity 36 %
Castaignos-Souslens	40	742 km SW	428	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne'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
Toutencourt	80	132 km NW	435	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Brouvelieures	88	238 km SE	405	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chémery-Chéhéry	08	63 km E	514	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Bazouge-de-Chemeré	53	368 km SW	497	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Laneuville-sur-Meuse	55	82 km E	432	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Favières	54	177 km SE	572	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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