Vivant· Is the village alive?

Neuve-Maison

Aisne · CC des Trois Rivières · INSEE 02544

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

No daily shops 19.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Neuve-Maison (INSEE 02544) is in Aisne (02), part of CC des Trois Rivières. Population 602 (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/02544-neuve-maison

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 17,066 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.4104
Housing mix0.9454.72

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 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 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 (NEUVE MAISON AP). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (GOUIN ANITA). [3,4]

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
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)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1NEUVE MAISON APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1GOUIN ANITAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 487 peak 1990: 669 2023: 602 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 597 (2012) → 602 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 669 (1990) → 602 (2023): -10 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 288, of which 2.8 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.1 km E (Hirson)GP — 3.1 km E (Hirson)Food shop — 3.2 km E (Hirson)Pharmacy — 3.3 km E (Hirson)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km EGP — 3.1 km EFood shop — 3.2 km EPharmacy — 3.3 km E 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 (Hirson): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hirson): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Hirson): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Hirson): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Neuve-Maison): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CLAIRFONTAINE weather station, 6.4 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 164 m. [10]

The village sits 61 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. [10]

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

Humidity measured at CLAIRFONTAINE, 6.4 km away at 225 m, over 12 summers. [10]

That station sits 61 m above 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 953 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at HIRSON, 3.2 km away at 165 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02544/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02544/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02544/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02544/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02381
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02544
  10. 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
Saint-Cricq-Chalosse40785 km SW61421.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 13 % · winter 64 %
Faverolles-et-Coëmy5179 km S60126.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Simon0265 km W59319.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cheminon51147 km SE57818.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 93 %
Réparsac16565 km SW63123Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Montbeugny03380 km S63822.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Simon0265 km W59319.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Faverolles-et-Coëmy5179 km S60126.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cheminon51147 km SE57818.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 93 %
Montbeugny03380 km S63822.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Réparsac16565 km SW63123Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Cricq-Chalosse40785 km SW61421.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 13 % · winter 64 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Neuve-Maison'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Val-des-Marais51121 km S54921.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Hargicourt0261 km W54520.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Levergies0252 km W54319.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Le Hamel80105 km W49220.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Herchies60154 km W58219.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Thieux60131 km W43822Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %