Nouvion-et-Catillon

Aisne · CC du Pays de la Serre · INSEE 02559

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

Partly served 40.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nouvion-et-Catillon (INSEE 02559) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Pays de la Serre. Population 527 (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 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 17,659 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.46	10	4.63
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (JE VOUS PROPOSE...). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE NOUVION L'ABBESSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ TOTO FRITES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (NOUVION ET CATILLON AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, 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)	1	JE VOUS PROPOSE...	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE NOUVION L'ABBESSE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CHEZ TOTO FRITES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	NOUVION ET CATILLON 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: 599 2023: 527 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 538 (2012) → 527 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 547 (1990) → 527 (2023): -3.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 255, of which 2.4 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km SPharmacy — 9.4 km SWGP — 9.5 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 (Monceau-lès-Leups): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nouvion-et-Catillon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Fère): 9.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Charmes): 9.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Nouvion-et-Catillon): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.5

Days at or below 0 °C 57.6

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the POUILLY-SUR-SERRE weather station, 8.3 km away at 68 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 14.8 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at POUILLY-SUR-SERRE, 8.3 km away at 68 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 — 02559/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02559/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02559/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02559/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02492
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02559
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02165
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
Moussey	57	265 km SE	559	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Gomelange	57	222 km E	476	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens	38	468 km S	603	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montrond	39	367 km SE	485	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle	14	330 km W	757	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	331 km S	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gomelange	57	222 km E	476	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Moussey	57	265 km SE	559	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle	14	330 km W	757	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bérain-sur-Dheune	71	331 km S	538	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montrond	39	367 km SE	485	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Brens	38	468 km S	603	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Nouvion-et-Catillon'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
Val-de-Bride	57	253 km E	511	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bourbach-le-Bas	68	339 km SE	556	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lamnay	72	269 km SW	928	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sarrey	52	236 km SE	363	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Haironville	55	162 km SE	566	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Ferté-Chevresis	02	6.5 km NE	526	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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