Nouvion-le-Comte

Aisne · CC du Pays de la Serre · INSEE 02560

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

No daily shops 16.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nouvion-le-Comte (INSEE 02560) is in Aisne (02), part of CC du Pays de la Serre. Population 239 (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 16.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 17,009 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.35	10	3.51
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

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 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 325 2023: 239 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 277 (2012) → 239 (2023): -13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 281 (1990) → 239 (2023): -14.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 5.8 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km EBakery — 3.9 km SEPharmacy — 7.9 km SWGP — 8.0 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): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nouvion-et-Catillon): 1.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Fère): 8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Charmes): 7.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Nouvion-le-Comte): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

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. ^[13]

Measured at the POUILLY-SUR-SERRE weather station, 9.7 km away at 68 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at AULNOIS-SS-LAON, 15.5 km away at 78 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at POUILLY-SUR-SERRE, 9.7 km away at 68 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02560/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02560/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02560/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02560/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02492
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02559
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02560
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
Orcenais	18	340 km S	239	17.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rejet-de-Beaulieu	59	40 km N	241	19.6	No daily shops	no figures
Dargies	60	106 km W	239	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Ménonval	76	142 km W	236	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Charny-le-Bachot	10	132 km S	239	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 %
Marsac	65	754 km S	235	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rejet-de-Beaulieu	59	40 km N	241	19.6	No daily shops	no figures
Dargies	60	106 km W	239	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Charny-le-Bachot	10	132 km S	239	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 %
Ménonval	76	142 km W	236	22.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Orcenais	18	340 km S	239	17.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Marsac	65	754 km S	235	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %

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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-le-Comte'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
Châtenay	28	188 km SW	241	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Croissy-sur-Celle	60	93 km W	231	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Avricourt	60	44 km W	232	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Meilly-sur-Rouvres	21	288 km S	230	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Wattignies-la-Victoire	59	68 km NE	240	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rouville	60	69 km SW	254	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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