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La Neuville-lès-Dorengt

Aisne · CC de la Thiérache du Centre · INSEE 02548

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

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Neuville-lès-Dorengt (INSEE 02548) is in Aisne (02), part of CC de la Thiérache du Centre. Population 394 (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/02548-la-neuville-les-dorengt

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 18,017 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.6105.97
Housing mix0.9354.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 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 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1CARREFOUR CONTACTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 414 2023: 394 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 397 (2012) → 394 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 359 (1990) → 394 (2023): 9.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 3.6 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.2 km NW (Étreux)Bakery — 2.4 km NW (Étreux)Pharmacy — 2.4 km NW (Étreux)GP — 2.5 km N (Étreux)Food shop — 2.7 km N (La Neuville-lès-Dorengt)
Primary school — 2.2 km NWBakery — 2.4 km NWPharmacy — 2.4 km NWGP — 2.5 km NFood shop — 2.7 km N 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 (Étreux): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Neuville-lès-Dorengt): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Étreux): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Étreux): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Étreux): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ETREUX weather station, 2.6 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 146 m. [10]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ETREUX, 2.6 km away at 120 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 — 02548/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02548/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02548/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02548/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02298
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 02548
  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
Tavaco2A970 km SE41430Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 16 %
Blanzac-lès-Matha17546 km SW34526Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 69 %
Parnac46636 km S38224.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 13 % · winter 76 %
Amendeuix-Oneix64821 km SW47232.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 54 %
Saint-Longis72302 km SW50925Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 61 %
Hauterive89228 km S39022.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 82 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hauterive89228 km S39022.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Longis72302 km SW50925Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 61 %
Blanzac-lès-Matha17546 km SW34526Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 69 %
Parnac46636 km S38224.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 13 % · winter 76 %
Amendeuix-Oneix64821 km SW47232.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 54 %
Tavaco2A970 km SE41430Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 16 %

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